Finally got a laptop (comes in handy when you're in school 4 times a week after work).

Anyhow, gotta love it. Got a over an hour before class starts, and here I am suring TA forums, listening to MP3s and doing some homework. Might watch a DVD too, hehe.

I'd love an actual laptop. Unfortunately I am stuck with a Hewlett-Packard Jornada 820 HPC Pro.

I wouldn't mind a 12" iBook.

hehe, i know what you mean! laptops are so awesome

Yes, laptops are very nice. I just got an Inspiron 8600. Expensive, but nice.

Posting this from my MTHEL 100 class

WiFi on the Via train (Via1 class only) is FANTASTICO.

The dinner, unlimited cocktails + WiFi makes the 4 hour ride to Montreal soooo much fun...

I agree, Wifi ist gut ja.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 I'd love an actual laptop. Unfortunately I am stuck with a Hewlett-Packard Jornada 820 HPC Pro.

It's really l33t to post from your iPAQ. I've tried to IRC, but text entry sucks for real-time chat. But hey, the reason has never been about practicality - it's always "because I can!"

'Access anywhere' is quite true......one can be sitting in a companys parking lot or just cruising around and latch onto somebodys access point and voila......

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'Access anywhere' is quite true......one can be sitting in a companys parking lot or just cruising around and latch onto somebodys access point and voila......

That is true. There is some security if you know what you're doing, but most people are still fairly clueless when it comes to computer security, especially wireless (I'm one of 'em, still working on it).

At Ryerson, their networks are secured (at least to some extent) and you have to register with the university and give them your MAC address to be granted access, where at Seneca all the networks that I picked up were 'unsecured'.

For now I keep it to basic surfing, browsing forums...nothing too revealing like banking or purchases.

Some street corners have over 30 networks available at once, its crazy!!

Using a Dell Axim X30 PPC



p.s.: RJ call me, we'll go for a beer or sumthing.

Speaking of 'unsecured' networks, here I am surfing the net via somebody's SMC wireless router. Wonder which floor/apartment they're in. I'm getting a few more unsecured ones and two secured.

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Originally posted by MaxTO Speaking of 'unsecured' networks, here I am surfing the net via somebody's SMC wireless router. Wonder which floor/apartment they're in. I'm getting a few more unsecured ones and two secured.

5 insecure wireless networks from my house.

For my WiFi network I disable SSID broadcasts, use 802.1x (Port Based Network Access Control) that basically authenticates individual users via my RADIUS server. Also use WPA w/ TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol).

I don't bother with things like MAC based access-control. MAC address' can be easily spoofed.

My WiFi access point is directly connected to my Cisco Catalyst 2950T-24 switch. This switch can do port based layer 3 access-lists (filtering) and various QoS. I employ stringent inbound access-lists to segregate the WiFi network even further from my internal LAN.

It's also a good idea to know what goes on within your own LAN. I run a Snort box connected to a SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer) port on my Catalyst switch. SPAN ports basically mirror all traffic from all ports on the switch to a designated port to be analyzed (sniffed) in real-time. Snort is a NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System) that takes all traffic from my SPAN port, and checks it against various attack signatures. Various alerts and countermeasures can be setup when a attack has been positively identified.

The next wireless standard 802.11i should incorporate hardware based AES encryption. WPA is only a Band-Aid solution to the insecurities of WEP. There is no such thing as being too paranoid when it comes to security.