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Re: Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings

  • From: alex
  • Date: Mon Sep 23 09:46:06 2002 
> 
> At 06:41 PM 9/22/2002 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> >...  But, it is still the only
> >Access Control widely available.  So, it should be used, in addition to
> >the better methods.
> 
> Using a supposed security mechanism that is known to be essentially useless 
> does nothing but lull people into a false sense of security.

Rubbish. 

There are only two or three types of locks that cannot be picked from the
outside by a lockpicker within 10-15 minutes. None of those locks is on your
outside door. Why do you bother to lock your house?

There is only one class of door designs that cannot be broken through in
10-15 minutes. None of the doors of that class is in your house. Why do you
have a door on your house?


Alex