[Gllug] Wireless installation

[Ian Norton]

it is probably going to be easy ti 0wn his network,

i expect he (like many windows 'admins') use thier desktop as administrator,

when he's not looking,
just wonder over, add yourself a new user into the admin group,

then if he has terminal services running (i expect so, they all like it) you
can finish the job,

he might not even have any encryption running, also you dont need to know the
essid, you can scan for that, or set it in your card to 'any',
i expect he uses dhcp, or even 'windows connection shitaring' 

dont be suprised if he thinks linux needs different kinds of ethernet cable :-)

Ian 

On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 04:59:31AM +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Monday 21 Jul 2003 10:36 pm, Xander D Harkness wrote:
> > This is really just a sanity check :-)
> >
> > I have been asked to set up my girlfriend's laptop to work with her
> > brother's wireless access point at home.
> >
> > I asked my gf to ask for the following information:
> >
> > DHCP operational?
> > If not what IP address should be used.
> > Gateway
> > network mask
> > ESSID
> > encryption 40 / 128 / off
> >
> > Her brother, being a balanced a windows user refused to provide any
> > information unless she install windows on her laptop.  He did say that
> > she can use the wireless point if she can set it up herself.
> 
> As a Windoze Luser, he probably can't answer any of the above!
> 
> > I take this as an agreement that if she can crack the encryption using
> > airtraf or airsnort then she is free to use it. (her brother is a CCNA,
> > so I am guessing he would not set it up without encryption or other
> > protection)
> 
> A CCNA?  He definately won't be able to answer any of the above!
> 
> 
> > Is there anything that I missed in my questions to join a wireless
> > network?  (even though the questions were not answered)
> 
> It might be worth asking him if he understands that his network is inherently 
> insecure, and that ANY Windoze "firewall" is fair game for anyone with a bit 
> of sense and a box running the right OS and tools!
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
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