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Leo Laporte A technology journalist, author and broadcast personality. His specialties lie in computers, the Web, video games, digital music and consumer electronics. |
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Why you should think twice before leaving your wireless network wide open!
With the right equipment (costing about $50) anyone can listen in on nearby WiFi communications. These listeners can see all of the data being transmitted, unless steps are taken. By default, all encryption is turned off, allowing your neighbours to eavesdrop on your email, chat sessions or your credit card numbers.
"Ethereal" is the free packet sniffing tool which can be easily used to watch, monitor, and capture the network packets flying through the air: http://www.ethereal.com/
Roger Grimes InfoWorld column where he describes how a security consultant friend of his discovered 118 logons and passwords during one evening stay in a hotel: http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/11/04/45OPsecadvise_1.html
The popular hacker "CAIN" tool used for performing advanced WiFi sniffing and deciding: http://www.oxid.it/
