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MikeD
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      05-13-2010, 07:56 PM
They leave it open and then try to cut people off based on Windoze USER
NAME, HOSTNAME and MAC address. They obviously have no idea what the
hell they are doing since I can readily change all three within 5
minutes. Gateway keeps sending me ICMP to determine who I am, but that
keeps changing; I'm back again. Possibly a honeytrap. If so, hope they
like worthless information, that's all they are getting.

 
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      05-13-2010, 08:23 PM
MikeD wrote:
> They leave it open and then try to cut people off based on Windoze USER
> NAME, HOSTNAME and MAC address. They obviously have no idea what the
> hell they are doing since I can readily change all three within 5
> minutes. Gateway keeps sending me ICMP to determine who I am, but that
> keeps changing; I'm back again. Possibly a honeytrap. If so, hope they
> like worthless information, that's all they are getting.
>

Do you think you should be using that access point?

It seems pretty clear that they don't want you to. You have no way of
knowing or understanding why they are so configured and managed.

Just because you are able to defeat some kind of security or insecurity
doesn't mean you should.

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      05-13-2010, 08:50 PM
Mike Easter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:8535esF6inU1
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> MikeD wrote:
>> They leave it open and then try to cut people off based on Windoze

USER
>> NAME, HOSTNAME and MAC address. They obviously have no idea what the
>> hell they are doing since I can readily change all three within 5
>> minutes. Gateway keeps sending me ICMP to determine who I am, but that
>> keeps changing; I'm back again. Possibly a honeytrap. If so, hope they
>> like worthless information, that's all they are getting.
>>

> Do you think you should be using that access point?
>
> It seems pretty clear that they don't want you to. You have no way of
> knowing or understanding why they are so configured and managed.
>
> Just because you are able to defeat some kind of security or insecurity
> doesn't mean you should.
>


If they leave their door wide open, they are inviting him in.
Maybe they are snoops trying to get personal information for ID theft?
 
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Bert Hyman
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      05-13-2010, 09:10 PM
In news:hshomp$e89$(E-Mail Removed) potsee <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> If they leave their door wide open, they are inviting him in.


That's the attitude of someone who's up to no good.

Just because I'm not taking active measures to keep you out does not in
any way mean that I've "invited" you in; I'm simply expecting you to act
in a civilized manner.

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usersupplied
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      05-14-2010, 02:54 AM
Jeff Liebermann <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> On Thu, 13 May 2010 19:56:04 +0000 (UTC), MikeD <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>They leave it open and then try to cut people off based on Windoze USER
>>NAME, HOSTNAME and MAC address. They obviously have no idea what the
>>hell they are doing since I can readily change all three within 5
>>minutes. Gateway keeps sending me ICMP to determine who I am, but that
>>keeps changing; I'm back again. Possibly a honeytrap. If so, hope they
>>like worthless information, that's all they are getting.

>
> Locally, some hospital and corporate Wi-Fi systems work that way. You
> need to have a VPN client, with all the requisite authentication, in
> order to get anywhere on the system. You can probably connect to the
> wireless access points, but that's all you get. There's no wi-fi
> encryption in use because the VPN provides all the encryption and
> security that's needed.
>
> Don't have too much fun beating your head against the firewall.
>
>

They are also trying to block me by location, but doesn't help much since
I'm mobile.
 
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