Comments on: Laptops Vulnerable to Simple Wireless Security Issue in Windows http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: ClapekDodki http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-231241 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:07:49 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-231241 <a href="http://eros-amatoriali.iitalia.com/49-fetiscismo/" rel="nofollow">fetiscismo</a> fetiscismo

]]> by: Sanketh http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-10481 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:42:44 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-10481 hmmm Need to be careful. Sanketh http://teletunes.blogspot.com/ hmmm
Need to be careful.

Sanketh
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]]> by: Bletch http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9755 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:06:28 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9755 It's not really that serious an issue, as evein in Ad-Hoc mode windows has the option of whether or not to automatically connect to 'non-preferred' networks. As long as this is set to 'off', then the problem won't occur, even if the WiFi connection is left switched on in Ad-Hoc mode. As you say, it's more of a misconfiguration issue, but not one of Ad-Hoc vs Infrastructure modes, but more one of allowing the computer to connect to unknown networks automatically. It’s not really that serious an issue, as evein in Ad-Hoc mode windows has the option of whether or not to automatically connect to ‘non-preferred’ networks. As long as this is set to ‘off’, then the problem won’t occur, even if the WiFi connection is left switched on in Ad-Hoc mode. As you say, it’s more of a misconfiguration issue, but not one of Ad-Hoc vs Infrastructure modes, but more one of allowing the computer to connect to unknown networks automatically.

]]> by: The Wireless Weblog http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9731 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:04:53 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9731 <strong>Windows Wi-Fi Flaw Discovered</strong> RealTechNews notes that over the weekend at the ShmooCon hacker conference in D.C., hacker Mark "Simple Nomad" Loveless released info on a relatively serious Wi-Fi security flaw that's present in any recent version of Microsoft Windows.As B... Windows Wi-Fi Flaw Discovered

RealTechNews notes that over the weekend at the ShmooCon hacker conference in D.C., hacker Mark "Simple Nomad" Loveless released info on a relatively serious Wi-Fi security flaw that’s present in any recent version of Microsoft Windows.As B…

]]> by: Michael Santo http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9721 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:35:32 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9721 Yeah, I know about the SP timeframe. Heh. I didn't think this was TOO bad, until I read the full article and the writer indicated that he ran a test to see how easy this was, and when he was done he and the hacker testing with him noticed someone else in the hotel trying to login to their computers using that technique. :-( Yeah, I know about the SP timeframe. Heh. I didn’t think this was TOO bad, until I read the full article and the writer indicated that he ran a test to see how easy this was, and when he was done he and the hacker testing with him noticed someone else in the hotel trying to login to their computers using that technique. :-(

]]> by: David Johnston http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9718 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:54:08 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2503#comment-9718 They're going to fix it in the next service pack!?! I thought SP3 was scheduled to arrive in 2007! Geez... Anyway, this really doesn't seem like that bad of an issue to me. They’re going to fix it in the next service pack!?! I thought SP3 was scheduled to arrive in 2007! Geez… Anyway, this really doesn’t seem like that bad of an issue to me.

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