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Re: [LUG] is your network secure?

 

On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 16:23 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, John wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 00:01 +0100, Jaan Janesmae wrote:
> >> Hey,
> >>
> >> anyone still up for leaving their wifi open?
> >>
> >> http://darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227900742
> >
> > Sure, but I have an advantage in being in the middle of nowhere with
> > very little chance of my Wifi being picked up off our property.  If
> > someone wants to stand on our land to nick wifi; then they have two
> > things, big brass balls and an impending meeting with some Eley No.
> > 5's ;)
> 
> The furthest I've personally established a Wi-Fi connection to a standard 
> consumer access point (admittedly placed outside) was 6 miles away with an 
> 18db grid antennae. I'm sure at 1 or 2 miles I'll still be invisible to 
> you with better coverage...
> 

A fair point, were the antennas need at both ends or was the purely the
listening end; if just listening then I am certainly reconsidering
things.

-- 
John
http://subbass.blogspot.com/


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