[sf-lug] WIFI set-up

[maestro]

quoting 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.

absolutely it matters, always want you to feel welcome and replies are NOT
required nor discouraged...


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On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Dan Murphy <mmdmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>> >>-- 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...
>>
>>
>> message ends.
>> _________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting maestro (maestro415 at gmail.com):
>>>
>>> >
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> >
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> *~the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear...*
>>
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