On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 02:33 +0930, Tim wrote: > Aaron Konstam: > > This statement that WEP is easy to crack must be taken with a grain of > > salt. One has to visualize crackers driving down my street and > > cracking my WEP passphrase or strange people , probably with speakers > > in their ears and raincoats, wandering through the office. It could > > happen but on my street which goes nowhere they would stand out. > > > > Although, if they want to do that let them. My communication with other > > machines is all encrypted (e.g, mail is ssl encrypted) so I am not sure > > what they would find out. > > I think there's been enough proofs on the net that it is easy to crack, > in itself. Yes, the chances of it happening if you're not in the thick > of things is slimmer, but don't forget that someone trying to steal free > net (or do illegal things through someone else's internet) can do so at > a distance with a good enough antenna. They don't do it just to see > what you're up to, they mightn't even care, they're more interested in > connected to the internet. At home that is AT&T's problem not mine. At work since anyone with a wireless card can connect to the system again it is not really my problem. And I can only use security methods that they support. > > Depending on how you did you mail, it may only be the password > authentication that's encrypted, the message content may be sent in the > clear. That can be a concern for some people. No all of my e-mail is encrypted. -- ======================================================================= "I'd love to go out with you, but I want to spend more time with my blender." ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
