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Re: Wifi Security
- From: Ross Hosman
- Date: Mon Nov 21 10:03:17 2005
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--- "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
>
> On Nov 21, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Ross Hosman wrote:
>
> > So my question is pretty simple. You have all
> these major companies
> > such
> > as google/earthlink/sprint/etc. building wifi
> networks. Lets say I
> > want
> > to collect peoples information so I setup an AP
> with the same ssid as
> > google's ap so people connect to it and I log all
> of their traffic.
> > Most
> > people won't check beyond the ssid to look at the
> mac address but even
> > that could be spoofed. Is there anyway to verify a
> certain ap beyond
> > mac/ssid, will there be in the future? How do
> these companies plan to
> > mitigate this threat or are they just going to
> hope consumers are
> > smart
> > enough to figure it out?
>
> Why would you even need to set up an AP? Why not
> just sit and sniff
> traffic? Gets you the _exact_ same information.
>
> And why worry about Google, etc., when Starbucks and
> airports have
> been doing this for _years_?
>
> Lastly, most consumers are smart enough to know to
> use encryption
> (the little pad-lock in their browser). Some
> aren't. Changing the
> WiFi architecture is not going to save those who
> aren't.
>
> --
> TTFN,
> patrick
I have to disagree that most consumers are smart
enough to use encryption. Most consumers are dumb as a
brick when it comes to the internet and especially
security. Take a look at the average AOL user and
you'll see what I'm saying.
Starbucks and t-mobile is a little bit different as
these networks aren't concentrated. As we companies
start covering entire cities I believe you could start
seeing this as becoming a regular problem.
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