Security and open wifi hotspots. Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless () A friend asked me something but as I know nothing about wifi I couldn't answer it. I'm hoping someone here can :o) If he takes his laptop into a cafe or a bar where there is...

anyone know what is stopping another user of a wi-fi hotspot> accessing files stored in the shared documents folder of a laptop? Nothing at all: you are wide open. A wi-fi hotspot is a shared network medium: even though the wi-fi may be encrypted,...

my actions "contemptible" and "stealing". I often turn on my iPaq on in a mall or a business to see if there's a Wi-Fi hotspot nearby. Isn't Wi-Fi sniffing a common practice? Is there anything unethical about it? Thanks! Scott. Archived from groups:...

you get something like tmobile that will ONLY >connect with their hotspots rather than the millions of others out there). I don't know of any free wifi hotspots, especially not in NYC. Like others, you can jack into hotspots in several areas by jumping...

security and wide open. (sales went up 78% when they started >selling them wide open). Surely you jest. At no time were wireless routers ever sold secure by default. In order to do that, the router would have to have: 1. The wireless portion temporarily...

Securing VPN connections for WiFi hotspots / insecure remo... Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely () Hi all I'm looking at implementing ISA 2004/W2003 RRAS to allow remote access to the company LAN via L2TP/IPSec. The laptops...

security and unless you have the password you won't be able to connect. thanx for that. my phone has wifi and actually, i got connected to a wifi network. my problem is that i dont know what to do next to get internet access thru that wifi network. Hi....

from the franchising merchant. Some hotspot operators (Boingo, for example) even provide client software that identifies WiFi signals of locations that offer their Hotspot services. The catch? WiFi hotspots can be hot zones for unsuspecting end users...

most people consider who originated WiFi? Most people could care less. : Consider this, many many people use WiFi hotspots and don't even have a : cell-phone! you do **NOT** need cell service to be able to use WiFi/Hotspots : etc. Indeed, you don't...