On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Ian Emmons wrote: > To truly be safe I'd suggest *.*
cute > Does someone have a writeup of all the ports that one would need to block to > > run a "safe" wireless public access point? generally blocking ports above 1024 tcp and udp results in unfavorable loss of functionality for end users. iana assigned port numbers at least have the property that you know what you're blocking when you do it. about the only things we block consistently on our border are tcpmux rpc nfs and all netbios. > Quoting Raj Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > The same philosophy applies for drive by spamming!! all the guy has to > > do weather he pays for it or not is go to starbucks pay for 15 min of > > access and use their mail servers for sending spam!! > > > > Raj > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Pozar > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:16 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [BAWUG] Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > > > > > > Tip of the hat to Lauren Gelman for pointing me to this article. > > > > Tim > > -- > > Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > > By John Borland > > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > > July 16, 2003, 4:00 AM PT http://news.com.com/2100-1027-1026204.html > > > > Early last spring, NYCWireless co-founder Anthony Townsend got a note > > in the mail saying that someone on his network had been violating > > copyright laws. > > > > This type of note is becoming increasingly common as record companies > > and Hollywood studios subpoena Internet service providers (ISPs) for > > information about subscribers in order to stop people from trading > > songs and movies online. But Townsend's case was unusual: As the > > representative of a loose collection of wireless "hot spot" Internet > > access points, there was no way he or the relevant access point > > operator in New York's Bryant Park could identify or warn the file > > trader. > > > > "We brought the notice to the attention of the park management, but > > they weren't concerned," Townsend said. "That whole mechanism (for > > finding copyright violators) becomes really problematic when the ISP > > is someone sharing a wireless access point." > > > > Townsend and others' similar experiences, no matter how limited today, > > point to a slowly widening hole in the Recording Industry Association > > of America's (RIAA) recently announced drive to identify and > > ultimately sue what could be thousands of file swappers online. > > > > Wireless Net access through free, open or publicly available hot spots > > is proving to be a last bastion of privacy on an Internet where the > > veil of anonymity can now easily pierced. Wi-Fi access points give > > anyone who possesses the appropriate computer equipment within a > > radius of about 300 feet the ability to reach the Internet. [...] > > > > -- > > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > --- > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > > > > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Academic User Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -- In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
