Comments on: The Joys Of Insecure Wireless Networks

By: Adrian Hayter

Adrian Hayter — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:29:02 +0000

No. We named it after popular culture references. Perhaps you should try not being an ass next time.

By: barry

barry — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:05:08 +0000

Cool Guy Wireless sounds like a pretty good network name, what are you going to call yours? Douche Bags are us?

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A Word About Network Security - The Atheist Blogger — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:06:50 +0000

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By: Hittman

Hittman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:04:45 +0000

It’s always dangerous to assume you know someone else’s motivation. My first thought, reading this post, was that he decided to be generous. And you decided to insult him for it. YOUR ridiculous beliefs, about him, are based on nothing but assumption.

StumbleUpon sent me here because it’s an atheist site. Atheists are usually driven by reason, not assumption, and most of us give the benefit of the doubt to other people when their motives aren’t clear. Maybe you’ll grow into that as you mature.

By: Adrian Hayter

Adrian Hayter — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:53:11 +0000

Calling some one an idiot for being generous shows how small minded and stupid you are. Happy to much of others but too intellectually tight fisted to return the favor.

Your ridiculous beliefs are based on nothing but assumption. You have no clue whether these people are generous at all and decide to criticize me for spreading messages about the importance of security.

Perhaps he is being generous yes, but he is also being a fool. Nobody should just share an open network with neighbours. The proper way to do it would be to make sure you know everyone who is accessing the network, something done by encrypting it and sharing the key.

When we get the internet set up at the house, I will encrypt it with the highest level of encryption I can. If someone comes round saying their internet is broken, I will gladly give them the encryption key but will also enable firewalls so they cannot possibly attack the network. After their internet is back, I will change the encryption key again.

Being generous is great until you get your data stolen.

By: Roegge

Roegge — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:47:59 +0000

I have been doing this sense I first bought a wireless router, my ssid is free wifi lol. My belief is that information and knowledge should be free so, why hold it back if I have the chance to give it

During my recent change of isp I used one of my neighbors wireless signals in my time of need.

By: JamesM

JamesM — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:37:13 +0000

Maybe the Cool Dude is not as anal or selfish as you.

Maybe he realized thatthe nature of internet traffic is very bursty so several people can use an internet connection at once. Being a generous sole he has decided to setup an open wireless router so others may use the service too.

If you look at your total packet count for the week, and divide it by the rate of speed of your connection, you will find that you use very little of your real bandwidth and most of the time your connection is idle.

Calling some one an idiot for being generous shows how small minded and stupid you are. Happy to much of others but too intellectually tight fisted to return the favor.

The work of a small and selfish mind. Maybe next time you will see an open network and think, hay, what if the world were like this? What if I shared my connection and encouraged others to do the same? Then I would be able to use the internet all over the place, not just at home, the library or Starbucks.