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[Chong Yu Meng]

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 02:12 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 00:29 -0500, vu pham wrote:
> > It is late now so my brain works not very well. Does wireless security
> > have anything to do with Windows or Linux or any Os ?
> 
> Sure! Same as ethernet security, email spam assassin, any type of
> intrusion alerting software since UNIX / Linux is all about networking,
> *if nothing else*. Has been for over 30 years. Why bother to have file
> permissions if not? Why have all that crap in /etc ? It's pretty much
> all about multi-tasking multi-user networking and security. What did you
> think Linux or any OS that networks should be about? 
> 
> Even as a gaming platform it has to have file security set for the files
> to run at all as a single user and network persmissions for multi-player
> mode. Security then, is an issue, to answer your question IMHO. :) Ric
> 

Interesting argument ! Actually, in my experience, the most important
difference between wired and wireless networks has everything to do with
physical security and nothing (or not much) to do with operating
systems. The argument goes like this: with ONLY wired networks, an
intruder will need to be physically inside your premises in order to
plug his/her laptop in and use the network. With wireless networks, the
hacker can be outside the office -- even across the street -- and still
get into your network (if they know how).


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