Re: sniffing plaintext protocols

From: Shreyas Zare (shreyasonline@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 10 2006 - 13:21:07 EDT


Hi Machiavel,

Sniffing wi-fi doesnt need authentication. You just
need to catch radio waves in the air.

Shreyas Zare

--- Machiavel <pierreluc.giguere@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shreyas Zare wrote: For wifi, just being in the
> accesspoint range
> makes you ON the network.
>
>
> I disagrea with you, it is like saying "I am in the
> parking lot so I am a
> part of the crue in this building" when you are only
> on the building's
> terrain. You need to authenticate to be a part of
> the network. (in my
> opinion)
>
> Machiavel

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