[sf-lug] WIFI set-up

[Dan Murphy]

If it matters, I read ALL of these emails.  I rarely reply, and the topics
are often over my head, but I do read them.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:21 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> quoting rick moen:
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> >>-- like many others in the past where I've covered topics in depth here
> and then it turned out that nobody was paying attention.
>
> it IS 'possible' that someone posted something to an entire community,
> you came in on it, and they didn't want to engage with you, yet still see
> others' responses and communicate with them without dropping into a
> private mail. happens in irc, forums, et.al all the time.
>
> >>You _could_ try learning some security, and not just Web-searching
> >>articles.
>
> sigh. kinda what the ORIGINAL  post is doing...
>
> i recommend the delete and trash can functions in your mail client(s),
> i use mine A LOT...
>
>
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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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>> Quoting maestro (maestro415 at gmail.com):
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>> >
>> http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-like-pro-get-even-with-your-annoying-neighbor-by-bumping-them-off-their-wifi-network-undetected-0147206/
>>
>> As you'll see from reading this, there is no way to 'set up your Linux
>> distro to connect securely to' such a DoSed wifi network to prevent a
>> hypothetical obsessed nemesis from logging the BSSID of the access
>> point, logging your transmitted MAC address, and sending the access
>> point de-authorisation packets requesting that your MAC address be
>> dropped.  This process is inherent in wifi.
>>
>> So, if you were talking about that, then your question made no sense.
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>> >
>> http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2014/07/25/new-ways-can-be-hacked.html
>>
>> And the same is true of this article's vague reference to 'personalised
>> DDoS' against 'internet modems and Wi-Fi routers'.  No Linux distro
>> setup is going to address that.
>>
>> You _could_ try learning some security, and not just Web-searching
>> articles.
>>
>>
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