Re: [PLUG] ethics of APs

[bergman@merctech.com]

In the message dated: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:09:14 EDT,
The pithy ruminations from Ben Love on 
<Re: [PLUG] ethics of APs> were:
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=> * zuzu wrote:
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=> > I've been an advocate of the freenetworks.org mentality since the
=> > early adoption of 802.11b circa 2001.  real-life "Wi-Fi" transfer
=> > rates are far below my 20Mbps symmetric (soon to be upgraded to
=> > 25Mbps) uplink to FiOS, so why bother trying to "secure" it?  (IMO,
=> > you're just being a dick by locking out free riders.)  anything

Agreed. In many situations (short-term residences, travel, etc.) I've been very 
happy to discover that my neighbors were named "Netgear" and "Linksys", and I 
feel like it's just paying back to the community now that I've got the 
resources to provide an open connection for others.

=> > important like email should be encrypted with SSL connections from the
=> > client computer anyway.  not to mention all the embedded devices with
=> > "Wi-Fi" connectivity that don't understand or play nice with anything
=> > except an open AP.
=> 
=> I ran an open AP for a while.  I had it on a separate VLAN and
=> everything, so all it could talk to was the Internet.  I don't think it

I do the same thing. [Actually, my latest AP upgrade broke my config, so I've 
got to re-do that.]

I also did the following:

	limited the number of active connections on the Free Internet SSID

	limited bandwdith on the Free Internet SSID

I deliberately do not monitor traffic on that SSID, but I would sporadically 
check the DHCP logs to see how much use it was getting...I belive that there 
were about 25 clients over about a year, with about 3~4 active clients at peak 
usage.

=> ever got much use, as I do everything wired inside the home.
=> 
=> But, then I heard about someone at work getting her door kicked in by
=> the Feds because one of her neighbors was using her (accidently)
=> unsecured wireless for not-so-legal activity (and I don't mean simply

Citation, please. There are too many "urban legend" and "friend-of-a-friend" 
stories going around.

=> violating copyrights).  Of course, she was ultimately not held
=> responsible, but who wants to go through that headache in the first
=> place?  I'll let some other young idealist take the risk.
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