In message <20060118185700(_dot_)GS96731(_at_)hut(_dot_)isi(_dot_)edu>, Ted
Faber writes:
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:30:31AM -0800, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
The result is that 70% of wireless access points are open and can be
used by Internet criminals to achieve anonymous access.
Loaded statement? Check.
Precise statement? Check.
Supported statement? Hmmmm.....
I'm not sure which part your claiming is unsupported; my own informal
measurements agree with the 70% number. I'm not at all convinced that
"Internet criminals" use such access points as a major means of access,
though.
However, Phillip's larger point -- that our security mechanisms and
products have lousy user interfaces -- is absolutely correct. It's a
major issue.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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