Welcome to the DARKSIDE ..

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Chong Yu Meng
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:00 AM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: Welcome to the DARKSIDE ..
> 
> On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 12:23 -0500, Vu Pham wrote:
> > How many hackers close enough in your wifi area try wirelessly 
> > accessing to your desktop ?
> > 
> > How many hackers all over the world thousand thousand miles 
> away from 
> > your site attack your server ?
> > 
> > So, wired or wireless exposes more risk ? :)
> 
> Ahh... Vu, from your message I can tell that you are 
> definitely working and living in the US! When I visited the 
> US all those years ago, I remember companies on campuses or 
> individual buildings, and the distance between buildings was 
> far. Anyone sitting around outside the building would 
> instantly stick out like a sore thumb. 
> 
> In Singapore, Hong Kong and quite a few other cities in Asia, 
> offices are little "apartments" in glass and steel 
> high-rises. Install a Wifi network and the offices above and 
> below and beside your office will be able to detect a network 
> signal, even if they are unable to login to it.
> Add the fact that Internet access is sometimes hard to get, 
> and the anonymity of people in these buildings, and the only 
> security being only WEP, and you have a hackers' paradise right there!
> 
> There are a lot of things that are different between the US, 
> Europe and even different parts of Asia. That's why I now 
> qualify my statements with "in my experience". I'm not saying 
> that you are wrong, it's just that in different parts of the 
> world the problems we face are different and so, our 
> solutions and customs are also different. 

Pascal, don't get me wrong. I absolutely agree that we have to protect the
wireless networks, and the problem you describe applies to anywhere. I see a
lot of wifi networks around my work building, and around my house, some with
security some open. 

I just only think that the risk that somebody really hacks to your network
from the "wire" is higher than from the "non-wire".

Vu