Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings

Mon Sep 23 13:52:41 UTC 2002

On Mon Sep 23, 2002 at 09:47:06AM -0400, alex at yuriev.com wrote:
> There are only two or three types of locks that cannot be picked from the
> outside by a lockpicker within 10-15 minutes. None of those locks is on your
> outside door. Why do you bother to lock your house?

Someone stood at your front door with lock picking tools for more than a
couple of minutes is going to arouse suspicion, and hopefully cause someone
to call the police.

Someone sat in the hotel lobby with a powerful laptop isn't going to cause
anyone to look twice, at a NANOG conference.

Simon
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