The point, like in the other city IS for people to get on the network.
Just like the net it still relies on the fact that those running boxes on
it know how to properly secure them and what not. Box security is only as
good as the administrator setting it up.
As for encyrption, just like hte other city, it would be pointless since
its a PUBLIC network. Would be more of a mess to pass around keys and
what not.
Troy
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Matt Alexander wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Technomage wrote:
>
> > It certainly would be interesting to be able to allow others to route
> > over my cox.net connection.
>
> Interesting... yes... Be careful. If someone anonymously hops on your
> network then they can do all sorts of things that could get you into
> trouble when it's traced back to your Cox IP address. I have a friend
> that knows of quite a few businesses that use wireless networks
> and he says he can sit outside in his car on his laptop and simply use
> DHCP to get everything he needs to be on their network. Even if you're
> using encryption, it's not terribly difficult to get on the network.
> ~M
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