Bellerophon symbol, variation 7 jonath.co.uk
Monday 16th May 2005
So, I'm trying to do my university assignment and I think, "Hmmmm, maybe I'll just test that wireless network card I received some time last week." However, not only does it clearly work, but it also picks up some local wireless network, asks for (and receives) an IP address (cheers, thanks, thanks, yeah, cheers) and then merrily goes about providing internet access as if nothing was up. How crazy's that? I wander around the house, and the connection seems to work fine everywhere (except the basement kitchen), so someone is clearly beaming radiation well into my house. Not only that, but after a bit of packet analysis it seems quite a lot of this data is unencrypted. Crazy again. Ah well. Having just ordered a wireless access point, I make a mental note to ensure all wireless data is encrypted and to only allow a very specific list of network cards (as specified by myself) to communicate with the WAP.

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