wireless access point

[Gary]

Hi there Alma,

Wednesday, January 21, 2004, 4:40:51 PM, you wrote:

A> I read about that.  It sounded like the defense was going to work.

Well, IMO, it should, as the wireless owner had no knowledge..

A> If I see that kind of material go by I will start to restrict what the
A> wireless users can get to.

Of course, I just mentioned it so you could get a complete handle on it as
to the downside.

A> So far, I just have a couple of neighbors, who I like, using the
A> access.

Terrific... they must love you... <g>  hope they invite you over for a BBQ
in the summer..

A> I know it is a bad habit.  The *nix sysadmins all want to shut down access to
A> anything not absolutely necessary to job function.

Exactly... professional paranoia.

A> I like to leave everything not absolutely required to be secure,
A> available to users. I found that I got more productive users that way.

It is always a balance, a tradeoff, a negotiation for wishes... <g> Just
had a case where a kid wanted to go to his parent's office, to play games
on line at night, as they have DSL, and they don't at home... live out in
the boonies.. still potentially very dangerous as the puter he wanted to
use was on the company LAN,... I had to get a hub to put on the DSL modem,
another router, and put that puter all by itself on another static IP they
had, to protect their business LAN. Now, that one puter sits there waiting
to be destroyed... <g>

A> (Please note: That does not mean critical files can be modified or
A> anything stupid like that.)

 of course... <g>  that is assumed <g>

-- 
Best regards,
 Gary