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Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers
From: Ron DuFresne <dufresne () winternet com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:20:26 -0600 (CST)
From what little I read on their site, it seems to be a radius auth mech
based upon MAC addresses. Thanks, Ron DuFresne On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, KF (Lists) wrote:
hrmm... is that based on signal strength or something? -KF Ryan Sumida wrote:As a side note.. Newbury Networks has a product called WiFi Watchdog that can allow/deny access based on physical location. As an example, it can be configured where anyone outside the building walls can not connect to the network but once they move inside the building they are allowed access. Sounds like black magic but it works (a rep came down and showed us a demo yesterday) and can help manage who gets on an open WiFi network like Matthew's. Ryan Sumida Network Services, CSU Long Beach full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk wrote on 03/15/2005 01:27:43 PM: > > Matthew Sabin wrote: > > > My company has made a conscious decision to leave our WiFi open to > visitors, while our internal machines connect via IPSec on the open airwaves. > > A drive-by would show the open nature of our WiFi, but wouldn't > immediately tell you that we've secured our business fairly well. > > but what if someone uses your unsecured network to download copyrighted > material (just mp3s are enough :->) or to send porn? > > An unsecured WiFi may have serious legal consequences. > > And to come back on the original topic: These legal consequences may be > good arguments to convince customers that they need to get their network > secured. > > Ciao > Marcus > > -- > Hail Eris! Hail Discordia! > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://www.secunia.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://www.secunia.com/_______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://www.secunia.com/
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Current thread:
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers, (continued)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Wade Woolwine (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Jay Daniel (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Richard Farina (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Coral J. Cook (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Matthew Sabin (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Marcus Graf (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers KF (Lists) (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Konstantin V. Gavrilenko (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ron DuFresne (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Gregh (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ron DuFresne (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Marcus Graf (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Wade Woolwine (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Konstantin V. Gavrilenko (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ron DuFresne (Mar 15)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers Ryan Sumida (Mar 16)
- Re: Wi-fi. Approaching customers bkfsec (Mar 16)