[MLB-WIRELESS] wireless honey pots? *sheesh*

[Paul van den Bergen]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/26434.html

trying to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing...  I suspect 
that to most of us, wardriving and wireless hacking is as much about 
doing as exploiting.  we aren't after free bandwidth or corporate data 
or causing damage. we care about wireless security (and pointing it out) 
because we want wireless to be a promoted and widely accepted mode of 
communication... improvements increases promotion increases uptake 
reduces prices increases uptake increases density and we get closer to 
critical mass for a public (Open?) WMAN. OWMAN.  sounds like something 
from "The Simpsons"...

so is this a good thing?  on one hand, indicates some sysadmins are 
paying attention to the insecurity of networks.  but if used to reduce 
consumer/public scruitiny (eg. prosecution for looking) then it is a bad 
thing.  Mind you I suspect as a sysadmin, if you know enough to set up a 
honey pot, why would you worry about your wireless network?  likely you 
have already set up the security properley and the honey pot is just an 
obstrification device...  so that makes me suspicious of the motives.

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
SERC, RMIT University
paul at serc.rmit.edu.au
+613 9925 1624 phone
+613 9925 5699 fax
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