[MLB-WIRELESS] grumpy people

[Kim Hawtin]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 11:55:08AM +1100, Adrian Close wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, dwayne wrote:
> > http://www.worldtribune.com/wta/Archive-2001/mc10_01.html
> 
> Read it again.  He makes some good points.  A little extreme and _very_
> capitalist ("Come the revolution..."), but extreme viewpoints are handy
> reference points.  Just look at what Richard Stallman has done for the
> world...  :)
> 
> To summarise:
> 
> 1. Security is important.  Make sure you have some.
 
there are lots of details in securing a 'system'. just using WEP
is now well know not be be enough. there are other ways and means to
'secure' data. firewalls, routing and all =)
 
> 2. If you build it, the leeches will come.  Free or no, if you want the
> service to remain usable, you'd better build in some controls (see point
> #1).

builing in access control in from the start is good plan =)
also things like well configured dhcpd server and firewall are one
step closer to removing unwanted clients driving by ...

various wireless user groups are putting together FAQs and other
such things to make this process a little easier.

more to come...

yours,

kim
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