On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The EFF announced an effort and desire to promote open wireless > networks instead of closed encrypted networks to help users with > connectivity. They have come up with some alternative proposals and > challenges which they are asking for review / help on. As far as Linux > is concerned I've started a wiki [2] to cover what we can do for > 802.11 Linux based APs. Feel free to extend the wiki as you see fit > and / or subscribe for changes. > > [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement > [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/OpenWirelessMovement > > Luis > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > While everyone seems to be talking about people abusing your open networks to download child porn, there is another issue: on an open network, not only can everyone connect - any user can also snoop on, and/or inject fake data into, any other user's communication. The solution could be creating a modified version of WPA that does encryption, but not authentication (i.e. lets anyone join the network, but prevents one user from snooping on another one). -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
