[PLUG] Verizon FIOS & open wireless

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> I don't understand when it became a bad idea to share ones Internet
> connection on purpose.

My guess would be when it became popular to hijack/hack connections.


> Being open (and neighborly) is not mutually exclusive with keeping
> your own systems secure.

if this were the 50's (yes, my wireless has tubes), I'd be right there
with you.  Unfortunately I'm kinda stuck with the belief that if you
leave a door open, people will start coming through it (in a bad way).

There might be an undocumented hole in my setup.  I might have forgotten
to patch something.  Imo, there are too many negative types about even
to allow cordoned off access.  Mind you, if my neighbor needed it, I'd
find a way.



P.S. with one of the aftermarket wireless OSes (dd-wrt, et al), you can
allegedly jack up the output of your wireless.
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