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Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
From: Scott Helms <khelms () zcorum com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:34:46 -0500
It's very scary, and something I'm doing a paper on. It _is_ just MAC recognition, at least until you try and use a MAC address that's already active somewhere else. Scott Helms Vice President of Technology ZCorum (678) 507-5000 -------------------------------- http://twitter.com/kscotthelms -------------------------------- On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:24 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500, Jay Ashworth said:I will give them their props: I only had to sign in *once*, last year; their auth controller has recognized my MAC address at every spot I've used since.Actually, that's sort of scary if you think about it too hard. Shared-secret authentication has its flaws, but it still beats shared-nonsecret auth. I really hope it's something on your laptop other than the mac address....
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- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house, (continued)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Jeff Shultz (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Livingood, Jason (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Randy Bush (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Rodney Joffe (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Randy Bush (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Daniel Karrenberg (Dec 12)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Livingood, Jason (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Michael O Holstein (Dec 11)
- RE: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Tony Hain (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Scott Helms (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Jay Ashworth (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Tom Hill (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Scott Helms (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Robert Webb (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Mark Andrews (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Jean-Francois Mezei (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Mark Andrews (Dec 11)
- Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house Jay Ashworth (Dec 11)