Thread: Is it the router?
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Old 01-05-2008, 23:38   #6
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Re: Is it the router?
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Originally Posted by Vlad_Dracul View Post
There are a lot of scare stories about wireless networks,hacking blah blah blah. True it is a very good idea to have security switched on,but it isnt the end of the world if it isnt. Genrally it means others can use your wireless connection to access the internet. Actually gleaning info from your PC is a whole different ball game and I'd speculate that most people couldnt do it because they dont have the technical knowledge and further,your PC and router would be doing their utmost to prevent such an occurrence.
One of my clients a few streets away from me has 2 neighbours with open wireless connections. One of these is on the default XP workgroup name and has shares exposed.
The router does absolutely nothing to protect the LAN side and the neighbour has no firewall.
The client actually found himself accidentally connected to that network one day, which is when he called me. He was looking at the files in the shared folders and wondering why he didn't know how they got on his PC.
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