Re: Security 'Experts' Aren't So Secure At RSA Conference

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Fergie wrote:
> Those devices had been set up to link to insecure wireless access points,
> like those found at hotels and Starbucks cafes. The problem, says Richard
> Rushing, CSO of AirDefense, is that when they are done using the
> connection, they don't change the device's policy settings that let it
> connect to insecure access points. That means when their Blackberry or
> laptop is on at the conference center, it could easily hook up to a rogue
> access point set up by a hacker.

If your laptop can't survive connecting to a rogue access point, you've
got bigger problems.

                                        BB
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