Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2005, Chris S. wrote
>
>> Harvey Van Sickle wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, I set up a laptop for my sister-in-law this past spring
>>> which, out of the box, was set up to search for networks. It
>>> picked up 5, exactly *none* of which were secured. 4 of them
>>> were wireless Internet connections, but one of them was an
>>> unsecured wireless LAN for the local branch of Deloitte & Co --
>>> the accountants/whatever firm.
>>>
>>> I wasn't surprised to see the home networks, but an unsecured
>>> company LAN?
>>
>> Just because they aren't using WEP/WPA or MAC Filterting doesn't
>> mean there isn't any security. Its possible they are using some
>> other security (ie. a VPN). The only way to find out is to
>> connect.
>
> True -- and I didn't try it, so I can't say if they were.
>
> I was just surprised to see what looked like a potentially gaping
> hole, and would have thought their IT guys should have secured it --
> and made it *look* secure -- from all angles.

Simply having a visible SSID doesn't make it unsecure.
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