Re: [PLUG] Wireless access - from a security expert - a little OT

[Marty Skitch <skitch@skitchfamily.net>]

Here's a link to a valid explanation.  This is a "feature" of M$ 
wireless networks but you can turn it off and it's a good ideal to turn 
it off. 

http://www.wlanbook.com/2007/07/16/free-public-wifi-ssid/

brent saner wrote:
> a valid response to this thread! sweet!
>
> I believe HP laptops (i think. confirmation, anyone?) have, OOB, an 
> ad-hoc set up.
>
> it's also possible it's someone trying to honeypot you. ;)
>
> but i see a lot of ad-hocs in places where AP's shouldn't even exist. 
> so i'm pretty sure it's an OOB thing
>
> Marty Skitch wrote:
> > What is it with those  "Free Public Wifi" that are peer-to-peer?  
> > There's one at the office where I work and just wondered if anyone 
> > know anything about them.
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