Two of the guys in our gaming/paintball/LAN party group back in the States did computer forensics and remote wireless network hacking for a living. They made sure ours was secure. They would, however, occasionally use our neighbor's, even when they could use ours, just because they could.
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'Underneath'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Volans - Sep 18, 2005 8:54:21 am PDT #8575 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Volans - Sep 18, 2005 8:55:55 am PDT #8576 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Of course, I'd have to be sure to leave myself instructions on what to do after....
"He is the one. Kill him."
Laura - Sep 18, 2005 8:58:59 am PDT #8577 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
Of course, I've lost the router's password, so I can't change the setup to allow other WiFi computers even if I wanted to.
scraps plans to visit tommyrot
Sean K - Sep 18, 2005 8:59:20 am PDT #8578 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
[hearts] Raq.
tommyrot - Sep 18, 2005 9:04:35 am PDT #8579 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
scraps plans to visit tommyrot
::cancels circus cat training::
JenP - Sep 18, 2005 9:08:13 am PDT #8580 of 10002
Happy Birthday, erikaj!
I think I caught on lj the other stuff I missed in the last couple of days here. But... Happy Birthday+1, Perkins, welcome back, ita, and I'm glad you got good news, Dana.
Kalshane - Sep 18, 2005 9:12:13 am PDT #8581 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Two of the guys in our gaming/paintball/LAN party group back in the States did computer forensics and remote wireless network hacking for a living. They made sure ours was secure.
My BiL worked for a computer security and networking firm for awhile. He said when he would go to interview with potential clients who had wireless networking, he would bring a tech with him who would sit in the corner of the office with his laptop while my BiL was talking to the client. 9 times out of 10, by the end of the interview the tech would be able to set his laptop on the client's desk and show him just how secure their network wasn't.
Theodosia - Sep 18, 2005 9:28:08 am PDT #8582 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
One of the our company's salesmen who travels TX and NM in his RV has a nifty little haldheld device that will detect wireless signals and tell him what direction they're coming from. So he deliberately drives by libraries, schools, hospitals, big housing developments et cetera, then parks, walks around a little with it to determine where the signal is strongest, parks the RV nearby, and logs on to get his mail and check on his customers orders and so on.
Zenkitty - Sep 18, 2005 10:34:25 am PDT #8583 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm looking for a book, and who better to ask but Buffistas?
I saw a documentary on Discovery about UFOs showing up in ancient and Renaissance art, and I didn't write down the title or the name of the author. A search on Amazon is bringing up all sorts of crap, but not the book in question. Does anyone know what this book is called or who wrote it?
Jessica - Sep 18, 2005 11:08:46 am PDT #8584 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't think I'd still be able to use an electronic or computer device in my house if it weren't for hard reset buttons. I've hard reset the DSL model and router in this house so many times, it's not even funny.
After doing this three times, I finally just left the password set at the default. I'm willing to trade a little security for being able to actually use the damn thing.
Our network doesn't require a password, but the individual computers do, so people are free to share our wireless internet, but can't get into any files. (I figure, enough of my personal/financial information is on the internet already that if someone wants to steal it? They really don't need to be logged onto my home network.)