On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:17:32 -0400, George <george@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>Sure, the same people who buy stuff and just cluelessly plug it in at
>home also do it at work. Wireless maunufacturers took the easy way out
>by producing equipment that comes up in pants down no security mode as
>soon as you connect it.

Not all wireless router manufacturers are that negligent. 2wire.com
wireless routers are delivered with a unique SSID, password
pre-assigned, encryption enabled, and a random encryption key
assigned. These are all printed on the label on the unit, which
methinks is not a great idea, but certainly better than totally
insecure by default. If asked, most cheapo wireless manufacturers
will proclaim that shipping units secure by default will be difficult
to administer and cost too much. Well, 2Wire has been doing it
successfully for several years, so it shouldn't be too difficult to
emulate. Setups for the major ISP's are also built in:
http://www.2wire.com/?p=268



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