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How To Steal WiFi And How To Keep Others From Stealing Yours
haywire writes "Haywire writes: "Gentlemen, start your flamethrowers. The most concerning thing about this article is the fact it appeared on a really common source""
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Posted by audit on Sunday, November 21 @ 11:50:11 EST (312 reads)
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Wi-Fi is an idea whose time has come for Pontiac
Some business owners in downtown Pontiac are thinking of making it a wireless Internet access zone, otherwise known as Wi-Fi.
You've no doubt read or heard of individual merchants who provide the service. Coffee shops, such as Starbucks, have pioneered the concept.
The appeal is obvious. You can take your laptop computer into the restaurant or bar, plop it onto a table, order a drink and connect to the Internet without having to tap into a phone line.
The concept is a natural for downtown Pontiac and its residents, dining establishments and other businesses.
And offering the service throughout an entire urban neighborhood, rather than in individual businesses here and there, should make the installation less costly for all concerned. It certainly is an idea whose time has come.
In roughly the last two years, many downtowns, college campuses and entire small cities have become Wi-Fi zones. It is seen by struggling central business districts as a way to distinguish themselves from their sprawling suburban competitors - think Pontiac.
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Posted by audit on Wednesday, October 27 @ 21:11:07 EDT (36 reads)
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GRWifi.net
jystewart writes "Your readers might like to check out the newly relaunched grwifi.net, a listing of public hotspots in the Grand Rapids area. I've recently taken over the site and have added a zip code search, location ratings and a trackback-enabled commenting system (comment on your own site/blog and we link to it). The site could do with ratings, reviews and feedback!"
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Posted by audit on Monday, October 11 @ 16:09:14 EDT (49 reads)
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Linksys sends corporate WLAN standard home
Anonymous writes "Linksys yesterday unveiled a set of consumer-oriented wireless networking products that bring the once 'enterprise only' 802.11a WLAN spec. into the home.
The line-up includes a broadband router and add-in adaptor cards for notebook and desktop machines. There's also a USB dongle adaptor. All the products support not only 802.11a but also the b and g versions of the WLAN standard.
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The move is an obvious escalation in the Wi-Fi arms race, as vendors struggle to differentiate their products as component prices fall. The irony here is that 802.11a, which offers the same theoretical maximum throughout as 802.11g - 54Mbps - but on the less noisy 5GHz band of the spectrum - 802.11b and g use the microwave-infused 2.4GHz band - was not so long ago largely written off as a mainstream technology.
The original higher-speed alternative to 802.11b, take-up of a was hindered by its lack of backwards compatibility. Arriving later, 802.11g offered the same performance as a plus that desired ability to work with older kit. No surprise, then, that g emerged as b's successor, and was promoted by vendors to consumers keen to upgrade from b."
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Posted by audit on Thursday, September 30 @ 16:30:59 EDT (40 reads)
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First 'warspamming' case reaches court
Anonymous writes "A landmark case in America could establish that spammers really do take advantage of insecure wireless networks
A US citizen is thought to have become the first person to be accused of hacking a wireless network in order to send spam.
Nicholas Tombros, 37, is charged under the US CAN-SPAM act, which aims to clamp down on unsolicited junk mail. Prosecutors allege that Tombros used a laptop to sniff out insecure residential wireless access points in a Los Angeles suburb, before using them to send spam across the Internet. He faces a maximum sentence of three years' imprisonment.
According to reports this week, a plea bargain is being negotiated. If Tombros is convicted or pleads guilty then warspamming -- also known as drive-by spamming -- will move from being just a theoretical possibility to a genuine threat. "
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Posted by audit on Thursday, September 30 @ 13:44:06 EDT (72 reads)
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CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC
Anonymous writes "MicroOLAP Technologies Company (http://www.microolap.com), a leading provider of native connectivity components and drivers for database servers, as well as network drivers, announces the release of the CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC.
CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC is a program that allows you to view files in the most common Windows help format (*.CHM, also known as "compiled HTML"), on the Pocket PC platform."
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Posted by audit on Wednesday, September 22 @ 21:48:43 EDT (48 reads)
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Armor2net Personal Firewall3.12: Launched by Armor2net Software to Protect PCs
Lisa_Lee writes "Sparks, Nevada, U.S.A. – Armor2net announces the release of Armor2net Personal Firewall, a program for the Windows operating system that helps protect computers from the threats on the Internet and World Wide Web. With Armor2net Personal Firewall in place, end-users can breathe a sigh of relief.
Armor2net Personal Firewall software provides a complete spectrum of Internet security and Internet privacy for computers. The program protects the computer from hackers, data thieves, and other Internet-based dangers. Armor2net Personal Firewall carefully monitors the computer and tracks all connections, both incoming and outgoing. This allows the user to determine which connections are allowed and which are not. The software will show complete details of each connection, so the user can turn off unsafe connections and block dangerous Internet sites.
In addition, Armor2net Personal Firewall is able to stop Internet pop-up ads, a feature that can be customized for each individual Web site. The program will also search your computer for spyware, and remove the spyware components safely. Armor2net Personal Firewall allows the user to grant and deny access to the Internet on a per-application basis, which will prevent harmful worm, Trojan horse, and spyware programs from infiltrating your computer. The program also alerts you of any intrusive behavior coming from the Internet.
Armor2net Personal Firewall has an easy-to-use interface and is very intuitive. Unlike most of its competitors, Armor2net is truly “intelligent” firewall software that allows many of its functions to be automatically processed. The application is perfectly suited for home and office, for new users and those with greater experience.
System requirements
Armor2net Personal Firewall will run under Windows 98, ME, 2000, and Windows XP. It requires 32MB of RAM and 20MB of free hard disk space.
Availability
Armor2net Personal Firewall is available for $19.99 from the Armor2net Web site at http://www.armor2net.com
For more information on Armor2net Personal Firewall or other products from Armor2net, contact Armor2net at (+1)775-321-9608,[email protected] visit the company’s Web site at http://www.armor2net.com
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Posted by audit on Saturday, September 11 @ 08:14:00 EDT (28 reads)
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First 'Warspamming' case goes to court
RenderMan writes "In what will undoubtedly lead to many more articles lumping wardrivers in with spammers, ZDnet is reporting on the first 'warspamming' case to goto court.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39165719,00.htm
I remember almost 3 years ago thinking that this would be a problem, sucks to be right some days."
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Posted by audit on Tuesday, September 07 @ 13:23:14 EDT (39 reads)
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A legal analysis of wardriving
Anonymous writes "Below is the link to an law-review article that has recently been published that answers the question on the legality of wardriving. The article concludes that wardriving *is* legal. It is freely available on SSRN.
Patrick S. Ryan, "War, Peace, or Stalemate: Wargames, Wardialing, Wardriving, and the Emerging Market for Hacker Ethics" . Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 9, No. 7, Summer 2004. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=585867"
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Posted by audit on Monday, September 06 @ 21:58:23 EDT (192 reads)
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Wi-Fi group backs brawnier security standard
Anonymous writes " By Graeme Wearden
CNET News.com
September 1, 2004, 1:36 PM PT
URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5342824.html
The first products certified to support Wi-Fi Protected Access 2, the latest wireless security technology, were announced by the Wi-Fi Alliance on Wednesday.
The Wi-Fi Alliance says WPA2 is a big improvement on earlier wireless security standards, such as Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), which hackers have found easy to circumvent. It includes Advanced Encryption Standard, which supports 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit keys.
Because WPA2 is compatible with WPA, companies that have already implemented WPA can upgrade to the new standard in stages.
"WPA2 is ideally suited for enterprises in both the public and private sectors," said Frank Hanzlik, Wi-Fi Alliance managing director. "Products that are certified for WPA2 give IT managers the assurance that the technology meets interoperability standards and in turn helps them manage support and deployment costs." "
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Posted by audit on Thursday, September 02 @ 08:43:17 EDT (48 reads)
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Old Articles
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| Thursday, August 05 | | · | 3 Admit Hacking Into Lowe's Computer |
| Wednesday, August 04 | | · | Wi-Fi Shootout in the Desert |
| Thursday, July 29 | | · | Grand Haven, Michigan, Cuts the Cord |
| Monday, July 26 | | · | Securityfocus.com finishes three part wireless special |
| Friday, July 23 | | · | FCC Allows add-on/switching of antennas |
| Friday, July 02 | | · | Homeland Security Rapped On Wireless Security |
| Monday, June 28 | | · | 802.11i ratified |
| Tuesday, June 22 | | · | Aussie troops to become Wi-Fi GIs |
| Thursday, June 10 | | · | VULNERABILITIES Netgear WG602 WAP Default Backdoor Account Vulnerability |
| Wednesday, June 09 | | · | The Wi-Fi explosion: a virus writer's dream |
| Friday, June 04 | | · | Lowe's Intruders plead guilty |
| Thursday, June 03 | | · | Security Bug in Linksys Wireless-G Router |
| Wednesday, June 02 | | · | Swiss security researchers have unearthed a flaw in wireless LAN |
| Tuesday, June 01 | | · | CNN wakes up and notices wireless security |
| Monday, May 31 | | · | Wireless web gets a set of wheels |
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