On Jan 22, 2008 3:01 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On the other hand, they may have their computer set to associate with > any open access point and not even know that they aren't on their own or > one they are permitted to use. I have had this happen on my own laptop, running Ubuntu; Network Manager has connected me to neighbor's network. FWIW: I take a different approach with regard to WLAN security: I leave my WAP open to any and all. I've occasionally used a neighbor's when my own network was down and I am happy to return the favor (that being said, most if not all of my neighbors have wifi; I see 17 WAPs at a given moment.) I *do* protect my network with a firewall; the only ports I leave open via the WAP are ssh (public key access only), dns, dhcp, http, and https. Hence anyone can get a dhcp lease and browse the web -- but that's all (no port 25 for smtp etc). I have a download speed of ~13Mb/s, which is rarely if ever saturated. See security guru Bruce Schneier's recent blog post on this topic: "My Open Wireless Network" http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl
