Date: 12 Aug 2003 18:49:55 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:09.signal Message-ID: <44lltyij8s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <3F37D493.9050604@potentialtech.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030811133518.66226B-100000@fledge.watson.org> <3F37D493.9050604@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > Robert Watson wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bill Moran wrote: > > > >> You encorage me, Rob. Your story tells me that the "law of > >> percentages" is in my favor. It's > >> the same theory that has sold so many car "club"s. If I set up the > >> wireless networks I install with any measure of security > >> whatsoever, it's unlikely that they'll get attacked/cracked simply > >> because there are so many other easy targets. > > Fear the world in which WEP is considered a effective deterrant :-). > > Fear then. For that is currently the world we live in! WEP is sufficiently insecure that if and when I get around to using wireless at home, I'll need to firewall the wireless net heavily in any case. I may just leave it without WEP for the convenience of occasional visitors (as long as I don't notice strangers hopping onto it much).
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