Thanks for your reply, Clarence. The hotel I just stayed at before
flying into NYC was the Nine Zero in Boston - free wired and wireless
internet, you just have to get a password from the front desk. The best
I've seen so far is Novotel in NYC, on Broadway - free, public WiFi -
no questions asked.

Now let me just restate this again, since both you and John so far have
not seemed to understand this: I have absolutely no malicious intent at
all. I don't want to steal others' logins, money, data, etc. I don't
want to cause the hotel undue harm or stress. I don't want to do
anything at all with a purposefully malicious intent. In the interest
of learning, I had just hoped I could discuss theoretical situations
and attack vectors with other experts and have an intelligent
discussion with others. I'M NOT PLANNING ON ATTACKING THIS, OR ANY
HOTEL, THAT I STAY AT, NOW OR IN THE FUTURE OF MY LIFE.

Please try and understand this, people. I'm not evil!

dold@XReXXTheor.usenet.us.com wrote:
> logankriete@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > And now for the granddaddy of them all - I got the MAC address of the
>
> I was following right along with you until that one.
>
> It's annoying that hotels charge $9.95 for an internet connection.
> I've seen this identical complaint about $9.95 per MAC before.
> Last time, I think it was from someone who had two different PCs with built
> in WiFi, and he couldn't use them both, not even one at a time. Or maybe
> it was a PC and a PDA... something like that.
>
> In Denver, the Hilton offers free WiFi, but charges for breakfast. The
> Embassy charges for WiFi, but has free breakfast.
>
> One could always shop for the accommodations that worked for them.
>
> In Sunnyvale, the Maple Tree Inn has free internet, free breakfast, but
> you have to get a signon token from the front desk. Winner.
>
> Spoofing yourself as a "secured" WAP, intentionally to capture other
> persons' $9.95 login credentials, sounds like an obvious case of grand
> theft.
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5