On 08/14/2010 07:38 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: >> Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: >> >>> Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> >>>> Yes I have been running WEP 'cause I have one old device that can >>>> do no more than that, and I usually admit only certain [18 or 19] >>>> MAC addresses that I have listed. Add to that the fact that I am in >>>> a rural area surrounded by cotton and soy beans, the distance to the >>>> road is about 200 meters, I don't think LAN security is a major >>>> worry. I can't detect any other systems when I scan. >>>> >>> Well, WEP will keep out the casual person looking for an open wifi. To >>> be honest, I think that is good enough unless you have a bored and >>> highly talented kid living next door. >>> >> I live across the street from a college. My security is better than theirs, >> thankfully. >> >> >> > And they employ CISSPs too. I feel that they should be like an armoured > camp. However you cannot tell most of the 19 year old crowd about > netbots and the like. It's fun when they bring in their laptops and you > tell them that you cannot do jack for them and that Geek Squad is only a > phone call away...(After the bot blows up their hard drive due to > excessive activity and it has their project that is due tomorrow on it.) > > James McKenzie > SSCP 367830 (yes, I am a security expert, that's why I don't run > Winblows and my unprotected Linux box is not on the 'Net.) > On the bright side, holes in tcp/ip, various *nix daemons, windows, ...etc created jobs for millions of people :) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
