On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, PJ McGarvey wrote:
> Do you want to be the low-hanging fruit running an open network, while your
> neighbors are all running some level of security?
That's kind-of what I was getting at. The original claim was "nobody"
should run WEP. It's good enough for some people due to geography, and if
nothing else, it gets you above the low-hanging "totally unsecure" fruit.
There's at least one unsecured network on my block, so if I was running
WEP, why would a criminal bother with mine? ( I don't, but with some
older machines it is a _lot_ easier to WEP. )
> I feel it's as basic to mention it as putting on your seatbelt, but
> then again it's a big part of what I do for a living and I don't live
> on property the size of a farm. I hope I didn't sound like I was
> preaching.
Relative security is a big thing with me. I will never understand why
people are pathological about locking their house doors while their
windows are open and/or unlocked. Spending time/money to upgrade beyond
WEP in a rural area is probably a waste. So is spending a lot on digital
security and then tossing your credit card bills in the recycling.
--
David Hillman
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