On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 15:08, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr > <michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> And with that, let the soapboxing begin... > > On that note: > > It is important to remember that wireless is inherently a broadcast > medium. So everyone around you is always receiving *everything* you > transmit. What matters is how you protect what you transmit. :) > > It's like a bunch of people standing in a room together. If you > say, "Hey, Ben, your shoe is untied", most other people in the room > aren't going to bend down to tie their shoes, too. But they'll still > hear what you said to me. That is what things like "hidden" SSIDs and > MAC address filtering do. > > If you say, "Hey, Ben, seven six two three nine four eight five one > nine six", everyone again knows you said something to me, but they > don't know *what* unless they know the code. That is encryption. > > -- Ben
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