ck9
join:2004-06-12
Portland, OR | Re: Fine unsecured APs said by fAcEtIOUs:I like France's idea. Users with unsecured APs SHOULD be fined. Until individuals, and their ISPs, make sure computers are secure, they should be kicked off the internet. It will be the only way to minimize malware on the internet. So we are going to fine grandma and grandpa who have a wireless network at home which is unsecured because they didn't know that BY LAW all wireless AP's/routers must ship with SECURITY DISABLED BY DEFAULT and don't know how to enable it?
Hmmm, great idea...And it's already been brought up about people who have WEP enabled and get hacked, that's their fault as well because they are the ones who placed their faith in something they were told would secure their network...Doesn't seem very well thought out to me... | |
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 | | Re: Fine unsecured APs said by ck9:So we are going to fine grandma and grandpa who have a wireless network at home which is unsecured because they didn't know that BY LAW all wireless AP's/routers must ship with SECURITY DISABLED BY DEFAULT and don't know how to enable it? WTF are you smoking? 2Wire devices from AT&T always shipped with security enabled. | |
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join:2005-09-28
Dracut, MA | Re: Fine unsecured APs store bought units are unsecured by default. routers from your isp will likely be secured if shipped or secured when setup by a tech. His point is valid. | |
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| Re: Fine unsecured APs said by Ebolla:store bought units are unsecured by default. routers from your isp will likely be secured if shipped or secured when setup by a tech. His point is valid. Wrong. I'v had many family members think the same. Guess what the password was, password and the admin code, you guessed it admin. From there since you can now get into the settings you could reek havoc. Maybe lock the owner out per say. The only way is to have the tech go in and show the customer were to setup a security passcode for the network, with him not looking of course, then have the tech show the customer where to put the adminstration passcode and password | |
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join:2005-03-19 | Re: Fine unsecured APs thats not the wireless. thats the web gui page | |
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| | | | | I helped a neighbor set up their internet connection. I had just changed a router password from 'admin' when I realized I had logged into some else's router! oops. | |
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join:2001-03-25
Galt, CA | wtf are you smoking?
when did ATT and 2wire become the only combination of ISP and hardware provider out there?
the problem with wireless security is that it only keeps out the people that dont care enough to mess with it. those that know how to get in anyway wouldnt be stopped. fining people in this way might fly elsewhere but in the US i see it only winding up getting tossed as being unconstitutional.
and under no situation will it ever actually work. | |
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