Re: Best Buy re-activates WLANs (fwd)

From: Ryn (mattymlat_private)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 05:01:53 PDT

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    Or stick your laptop in the trunk while you wander about. All you
    need is a covert antenna and a long living battery (AC -> DC 
    converters can be purchased relatively inexpensively).
    
    Ryan 
    
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Adam Lydick" <lydickawat_private>
    To: <jdysonat_private>; <vuln-devat_private>
    Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 11:19 PM
    Subject: Re: Best Buy re-activates WLANs (fwd)
    
    
    > Note that this profiling of suspicious laptop users is easily avoided by 
    > walking around for a few hours with a shiny ipaq in your pocket :) Not only 
    > that, but if they send enough wireless traffic, it would allow cracking WEP 
    > keys. (This holds true for any wireless deployment, obviously) Unless they 
    > are using VPN or sending very little traffic over a WEP encrypted channel, 
    > they are still at risk.
    > 
    > Adam
    > 
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