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    Why you shouldn't steal wifi (OT-ish)

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by drumfu, Jul 29, 2006.

  1. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    they could do this or worse
     
    drumfu, Jul 29, 2006
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  2. huskyfan23

    huskyfan23 Notebook Evangelist

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    HAHA! That is AWESOME! I want to do that to just the normal users on my network. See what they say :p
     
    huskyfan23, Jul 29, 2006
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  3. teamkillahilla

    teamkillahilla Notebook Evangelist

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    hmmm thinking of making new friends at my college hehe... wouldn't it be fun to screw around with the server a bit? :)
     
    teamkillahilla, Jul 29, 2006
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  4. Aero

    Aero PC/Mac...Whatever works! NBR Reviewer

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    heh im pretty sure you found that on Digg...I read it - some great stuff :p
     
    Aero, Jul 29, 2006
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  5. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    hohooh.. beautiful :)
     
    Darrick, Jul 29, 2006
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    Outrigger SupaStar Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    that is awesome... that'll teach the wifi stealers... I bet most people will think they got a virus on their machine! haha
     
    Outrigger, Jul 29, 2006
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  7. Daetlus

    Daetlus Notebook Consultant

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    The question is, why didn't that dingbat have his wireless encrypted in the first place?
     
    Daetlus, Jul 30, 2006
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  8. Elminst

    Elminst Some Network Guy

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    He's obviously running it through a linux box firewall anyway. And given what he's showing on that page, his knowledge of network security is way higher than most people on this forum.
    For one thing, he completely separated his traffic from the "free" traffic using the linux box and creating separate networks and subnets. He's got no security risk there.
    So he decided to have a lot of fun with people who want to use his "free" internet.
     
    Elminst, Jul 30, 2006
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  9. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I would like to do somthing like this at work....but the issues and complaining would make it not worth the hassel.
     
    Thaenatos, Jul 30, 2006
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  10. nbn444

    nbn444 Notebook Geek

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    I can write-off my ISP bill, so I don't spend anytime worrying about free surfers. I think we are 2 years away from 'free' WIFI anyway.

    If someone was eating my bandwidth, I would then mind, but I'm not seeing that yet.
     
    nbn444, Jul 31, 2006
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  11. mattgonebad

    mattgonebad Notebook Consultant

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    haha thats great, i will have to do that sometime
     
    mattgonebad, Jul 31, 2006
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  12. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    OMG...haha...that guy sure is very clever...
     
    Lil Mayz, Jul 31, 2006
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