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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people -- and attracts the most criticism -- is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There's no password. There's no encryption. Anyone with wireless capability who can see my network can use it to access the internet To me, it's basic politeness....
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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My Open Wireless Network

2008-01-15 03:33:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people -- and attracts the most criticism -- is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There's no password. There's no encryption. Anyone with wireless capability who can see my network can use it to access the internet To me, it's basic politeness....
 
Tags: wireless network, network, fon wireless network, public, public network, computer, computer security, wireless security, wireless security protocol
 
 
 
 
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Open up that Wireless Network!

2008-01-10 06:39:47 by Bill in Grumpy Security Guy
 
I love when Bruce and I agree, it makes me feel smarter then I am. I have had a wireless network in my house for about 5 years. Never once has it had any kind of encryption or security. When I setup my neighbors wireless I leave it wide open as well. The crazy foil hat wearing guy in my skull freaks out every time I do this. I was shocked when I...
 
Tags: security, security neighborhood, wireless network, grumpy security guy, guy, mysterious wireless driver, bruce schneier, million, techcrunch article outlines
 
 
 
 
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The Bitrix open redirect vulnerability: a lesson in the absurd

2008-07-22 23:00:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
I try to limit my heckling to McYouKnowWho, but I just stumbled across an issue I couldn't leave alone If you've been keeping up on recent articles I've published, you know open redirect vulnerabilities really bother me; thus Open redirect vulnerabilities: definition and prevention in (IN)SECURE Issue 17 Sidebar: I recently spotted a great...
 
Tags: vulnerability, redirect, redirect vulnerability, cve vulnerability advisory, redirect vulnerabilities, bitrix site manager, site, issue, secure issue
 
 
 
 
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Terrorists Using Open Wireless Networks

2008-08-01 06:46:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Remember when I said that I keep my home wireless network open ? Here's a reason not to listen to me: When Indian police investigating bomb blasts which killed 42 people traced an email claiming responsibility to a Mumbai apartment, they ordered an immediate raid But at the address, rather than seizing militants from the Islamist group which...
 
Tags: home wireless network, wireless network, network, police, indian police, terrorists, wireless internet security, apartment, mumbai apartment
 
 
 
 
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Open Service Event Management

2008-05-17 12:33:39 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
One of the benefits of working in different countries is to get the perspectives of various clientseventprocessing problems.Of interest toevent processing professionals, companies are moving away from expensive software solutionsand increasinglymoving toward experimenting with economical and open software packagesto solve complex problems...
 
Tags: event, service event management, collect, service event notifications, osemhelps organizations collect, systems, expensive software solutionsand, systems architecture, client abouttheir experience
 
 
 
 
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White House Refused to Open Pollutants E-Mail

2008-06-26 12:54:58 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
This is by far one of the more asinine things I have read in a while and speaks volumes to lunacy in the White House. The WH refused to open an email that was sent by the EPA because they disagreed with the conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants So, they played three monkeys and said, la la la, I cant see it. la la la ( not an exact...
 
Tags: white house, clean air act, reduce greenhouse gases, greenhouse gases, regulation, officials, motor vehicle emissions, business critical function, tough regulation
 
 
 
 
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Open redirect vulnerabilities article - (IN)SECURE Issue 17

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2008-06-26 10:18:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
I've written a comprehensive piece on the dangers of open redirects that's been published in Issue 17 of (IN)SECURE Magazine . Page 43 for your reading pleasure An open redirect is a vulnerability that exists when a script allows redirection to an external site by directly calling a specific URL in an unfiltered unmanaged fashion, which could be...
 
Tags: redirect, issue, redirect victims, malicious web sites, giant pet peeve, specific url, vulnerability, article, dangers
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Germans Can Leave Networks Open; Belkin Announces Wireless High-Def

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2008-07-11 14:01:39 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
A German appeals court says an open Wi-Fi network isn't equivalent to the owner's responsibility for actions over that network: This decisions overturns a lower court's ruling in a peer-to-peer file sharing copyright infringement case that the owner of a Wi-Fi network was de facto culpable for any activity that could be tracked back to the...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi network, network, appeals court, german appeals court, belkin, audio input panels, broadside charges worldwide, infringement
 
 
 
 
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Open Wireless Networks on University Campuses

2008-07-31 13:30:21 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
Open wireless networks raise privacy issues and entail increased risk of malicious attacks and illegal downloading activities. Such networks are nonetheless attractiveparticularly to universitiesbecause they enhance usability and thus expand access to nonsensitive system resources. At universities, such access brings numerous benefits to...
 
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