re: Wireless security Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 8:24 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Ari (1378 messages posted) I'm fairly sure that Dan was kidding about this, since accessing your neighbors' unprotected routers and modifying their configurations would most likely be illegal. (Assuming you're in the USA, you could look here: http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/TelecommunicationsInformationTechnology/ComputerHackingandUnauthorizedAccessLaws/tabid/13494/Default.aspx to find the applicable legislation in your state.) On Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 7:53 am, Dan Sarandrea, MCSE wrote: > >The other option is to continuously scan your "airspace" for unsecured networks, >connect to the config pages of those networks and establish security. Perhaps eventually >the owners of those networks will realize what is happening and secure them on their >own. Perhaps some of the owners will eventually amass an impressive collection of >"defective" routers LOL :-) Written in response to: re: Wireless security (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 7:53 am) Responses to this message: re: Wireless security (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 8:54 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Wireless security (Cal: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 9:32 am) re: Wireless security (Larry: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:21 am) re: Wireless security (alex: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:22 am) re: Wireless security (Cal: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:29 am) re: Wireless security (oleg: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 10:42 am) re: Wireless security (Adam Bradley: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 11:34 am) re: Wireless security (MartinM: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 1:23 pm) re: Wireless security (Cal: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 4:08 pm) re: Wireless security (triplate: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 1:28 pm) re: Wireless security (Cal: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 4:47 pm) re: Wireless security (triplate: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 4:52 pm) re: Wireless security (Adam Bradley: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 6:47 pm) re: Wireless security (triplate: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 7:02 pm) re: Wireless security (Cal: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 4:13 pm) re: Wireless security (Ari: Mon, Jul 6, 2009, 9:19 pm) re: Wireless security (oleg: Tue, Jul 7, 2009, 1:29 am) re: Wireless security (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Wed, Jul 8, 2009, 7:53 am) re: Wireless security (Ari: Wed, Jul 8, 2009, 8:24 am) re: Wireless security (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Wed, Jul 8, 2009, 8:54 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum