Hello Maurice!
12/03/2006 11:23:26, Maurice Kinal wrote to Sean Rima:

 MK>>> Or none at all.  You don't need a password in many networking
 MK>>> situations.
 MK>
 SR>> It is amazing how many have no passwords and you can surf away at
 SR>> their expense
 MK>
 MK> That is because many networks rely on no passwords in order to work
properly.  The problem is that people put that kind of stuff on the
airwaves not realizing that they are clueless about networking machines. 
I've heard and seen far too many horror stories regarding this very issue,
especially regarding wireless security stuff that offers diddley squat in
the way of actual security.  They make it harder on themselves and easier
for the people who take advantage of them.  As far as the machines go
everything works as advertised and can be a real plus to a well thought out
network.  That doesn't include wireless security cameras though.  That
really boggles the imagination as to why anyone would want that.  Same with
keyboards, mice, etc.  Big mistake methinks ... unless of course it doesn't
matter about access which sometimes it doesn't.  Depends on the situation I
suppose and what is being accessed and why.  For some things easy and open
access is a desirable quality.
 MK>

 Even though I live in a remote village and would know if anyone was
outside the house, I still have a very secure password on all systems, my
email client even offer on the fly encryption of the message bases :)

Bye, Sean.
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