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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Niels Bakker wrote: > > * [email protected] (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov 2005, 16:07 CET]: > >heres some fun, next time you're at nanog or your favourite geek > >conference, just run 'tcpdump -w - -s1500 -nn|strings|grep -i password' > >and be prepared to hit scroll lock ;) > > I've visited conferences where the wireless LAN was deemed "secure" by > the organisation because they had outlawed sniffers. yes, there are stupid people everywhere... Perhaps asking the question in another way is in order: "Given a large and widely available wireless network solution for 'consumers', how would you propose to raise the 'security' for users of that network?' Would you force WEP? Would you force WPA/WPA-2? Would you force ipsec? Would you skip transport level encryption in favor of application level security? Would you do widespread and widescale education efforts for the users? -chris
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