Im logged onto my neighbors wireless network...

[aphex]

Haha, someone needs to enable WEP.

I noticed a little while ago that there were a few other nodes my card (D-Link 650+) was pickin up so i decided to see if i could connect. Im not doing anything on them, in fact im about to sign off. Kinda neat though, im pullin in 6 different nodes from around the development. Didnt know these things would work so good.

When will people learn

 

[Descartes]

I found about 30 in my neighborhood when I was driving around testing my GPS software. Not a single one of them was WEP-enabled. Most of them also had the default ssid as well.

Eh well.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Descartes
I found about 30 in my neighborhood when I was driving around testing my GPS software. Not a single one of them was WEP-enabled. Most of them also had the default ssid as well.

Eh well.

Haha, yea 4 of them say 'default' the other 2 say 'Linksys'

 

[Ausm]

Thats why I stick to RJ-45 Cables

Ausm

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Get haxoring!

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: ausm
Thats why I stick to RJ-45 Cables

Ausm

exactly

/me runs down the street with wireless enabled lappy to scan for stupid people

CkG

 

[CraigRT]

Wireless is brutal... no thanks!!!!

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: ausm
Thats why I stick to RJ-45 Cables

Ausm

I have enough of those for the rest of my network. Besides, i cant afford the length cables i would need so that i could sit outside by a tree on campus and surf the net.

 

[ProviaFan]

Sounds fun. Living without a laptop (and in a rural area) means I go without these activities. Life sucks.

 

[T2T III]

Hmmm ... I can only see a couple of potential neighbor's networks. If I had a bit more time, I'd do some digging.

 

[The Stigenator]

ours doesnt have wep enabled.. but we have mac filtering on..

meaning if your mac id isnt not there in the system.. it wont let you in..
yes you can clone a mac.. but you got to know what mac's are in the system first.

I didnt enable wep because its not use.. its pretty much unsecure.. and even so.. when I use "SSL" wep or not its still secure.. and I use SSH.. so I think there would a reasonable amount of security.

or am I wrong.

We have 6 AP's near by.. ours in available if your near the buidling.. but I regularly pick up other ppls when walking around with teh laptop.

 

[Kadarin]

Heh.. I have WEP enabled, and also have it set to accept only a single connection from a single specific MAC address.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Yield
Wireless is brutal... no thanks!!!!

i love my wires, they are faster than those space zoomies

 

[HannibalX]

:Q

 

[Dudd]

I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.

I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: aphex
Haha, someone needs to enable WEP.

I noticed a little while ago that there were a few other nodes my card (D-Link 650+) was pickin up so i decided to see if i could connect. Im not doing anything on them, in fact im about to sign off. Kinda neat though, im pullin in 6 different nodes from around the development. Didnt know these things would work so good.

When will people learn

you should probably do something to warn 'em...

 

[LiekOMG]

I never really understood how this wireless stuff worked. I mean, even if its wireless, don't you still need the Login/password to use your neighbors network? Or can anyone just magically pop onto it and start sucking up bandwidth? That just seems so stupid to me.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Dudd
I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.

I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

I don't think I'd keep those copies of Pete Townshend's bookmarks on your computer if I were you. :Q

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Dudd
I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.

I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

you married..?
your system could mysteriously acquire data that could cause.."difficulties" ..not sayin' I'd do it ..but these 14 yr olds

 

[Dudd]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: Dudd
I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.

I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

you married..?

Not even out of high school, so I hope not.

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: DOACleric
I never really understood how this wireless stuff worked. I mean, even if its wireless, don't you still need the Login/password to use your neighbors network? Or can anyone just magically pop onto it and start sucking up bandwidth? That just seems so stupid to me.

The problem is that most people are stupid enough not to use passwords, or if they do use passwords, the passwords are not good. Did you realize that every Windows NT based machine, by default, shares the root of each drive as \\ComputerName\X$ if you give it the proper Administrator credentials? Given that many novice XP users probably don't have any password on their Admin account, hacking is all too easy in an unsecured wireless situation.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: Dudd

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon

Originally posted by: Dudd
I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.

I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

you married..?

Not even out of high school, so I hope not.

oh..so a pr0n upload would not be out of order..

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
ours doesnt have wep enabled.. but we have mac filtering on..

meaning if your mac id isnt not there in the system.. it wont let you in..
yes you can clone a mac.. but you got to know what mac's are in the system first.

I didnt enable wep because its not use.. its pretty much unsecure.. and even so.. when I use "SSL" wep or not its still secure.. and I use SSH.. so I think there would a reasonable amount of security.

or am I wrong.

We have 6 AP's near by.. ours in available if your near the buidling.. but I regularly pick up other ppls when walking around with teh laptop.

I was under the impression that if someone could sniff the packets sent from a laptop to the AP, they could yank the MAC address from them.

I guess I'm one of those ignorant masses.
I know I should turn it on, but I'm just too damn lazy to do so. Besides, what are the hackers going to steal? My papers for school? I don't keep financial information on my computers either, so they can't steal that. So hey, if anyone wants to freeload, stop by my place.

Couldn't someone, theoretically, launch a dos attack through your net connection then?

 

[LiekOMG]

Originally posted by: jliechty

Originally posted by: DOACleric
I never really understood how this wireless stuff worked. I mean, even if its wireless, don't you still need the Login/password to use your neighbors network? Or can anyone just magically pop onto it and start sucking up bandwidth? That just seems so stupid to me.

The problem is that most people are stupid enough not to use passwords, or if they do use passwords, the passwords are not good. Did you realize that every Windows NT based machine, by default, shares the root of each drive as \\ComputerName\X$ if you give it the proper Administrator credentials? Given that many novice XP users probably don't have any password on their Admin account, hacking is all too easy in an unsecured wireless situation.

Oh, i guess I misunderstood it then. I thought it was a wireless internet connection, not a wireless lan. I would hope if i get a wireless internet connection (like an airport or something), my neighbors wouldn't be able to log on and use my ISP!

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: yoda291
Couldn't someone, theoretically, launch a dos attack through your net connection then?

Yes, because to go through a NAT router dishing out IPs via DHCP, you normally do not need any special permissions. Thus, it would be easy to steal bandwidth, even if the computers on the LAN are properly secured.