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EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: Foil Wireless Poachers and Have Fun Doing It

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Carla Schroder
Jan 17, 2007

“A lot of folks have an unhealthily casual attitude towards
securing their wireless networks. “Oh, it’s nice to share” some
say. Others think “I have nothing to interest a cracker, so why
bother?” Both attitudes are inviting trouble. There is nothing to
be gained from leaving your systems open to be used as warez, porn
or mp3 servers, or Borged into a spam botnet. Or to find yourself
struggling with slow network speeds because some freeloading hog is
overloading your bandwidth.”


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