Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 So........ there I am in my loungeroom farting around with a laptop and all of a sudden a new network appears in my list. Hmm... curious. I swap from my own secured network to the new network and hit connect. Success. Free internet because there's no encryption enabled. I opened a command prompt and quickly found the ip address of the wireless router which I then typed into a browser. Username and password..... it says. After only 3 guesses at the password I had full access to the router, including their account and password details. Scary stuff. What it shows is that the more consumer friendly some of these new fangled products become, the more open they are to abuse. Something as simple as not broadcasting the SSID would help alot. Being forced to have encryption enabled by default with some sort of wizard would be better. Teaching new users users how to lock down an access point via mac addressing would be better still. Alas, most users will continue to ignore the manual, turn on the power and be happy in their ignorance. BTW, mine's the top one.
LOCOENG Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 I've got the same situation where I live....there are 5 networks within my range including my own. Three including mine are secured, but the other two aren't.
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 23, 2007 Author Posted May 23, 2007 Scary stuff. It's funny how people will lock up their house at night but not even think about locking down their network.
cornholio7 Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 i'm too far away from other houses to connect to anything but my own but its still secure
Altercuno Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Good advice Shamus... Changed my router to mac when I linked my son's wii. So, its free broadband all round then?
lfcrule1972 Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 That was the first thing I did when I installed mine, changed the passwords etc, donta even kindly tried to hack me !
LOCOENG Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 I've had a few friends try to hack me, but AFAIK they couldn't get in....touch wood.
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 23, 2007 Author Posted May 23, 2007 Good advice Shamus... Changed my router to mac when I linked my son's wii. So, its free broadband all round then? Free broadband? Nah. My conscience won't allow it. Besides, my connection is faster.
lfcrule1972 Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Top bloke Shamus - no point stealing inferior broadband !!
spinningwheel Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 BTW, mine's the top one. Yup...knew that without the comment.....
LOCOENG Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 BTW, mine's the top one. Yup...knew that without the comment..... Don't know how you knew...seems to be totally out of character.
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 24, 2007 Author Posted May 24, 2007 FWIW, my windows workgroup is "fuckit". It seemed logical after cooking several cpus, motherboards, video cards and harddrives before I had an air conditioner put into my little computer room about 18 months ago. During summer the temperature in here would often exceed 50 degrees celcius and the hardware fried. It's still 10 degrees warmer in here than it is in the loungeroom.
lfcrule1972 Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 I remember you saying that before you had the aircon installed you were forced to use a set of BBQ tongs on your knob when going for a piss !! That image was scorched into the back of my minds eye for many a month, luckily counselling and round the clock care has brought me out the other side <twitches uncontrollably>
LOCOENG Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 That image was scorched into the back of my minds eye for many a month, luckily counselling and round the clock care has brought me out the other side <twitches uncontrollably> A bit of bleach could have cured you much quicker...
Altercuno Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 ...or a visit to Gloria the local Bedford bike...which reminds me... Hey Shamus. When you're having a barbie do your guests know what you use the tongs for?
blutach Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Yeah - he uses them to open the giant beer cans we have here in Oz. Regards
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 I remember you saying that before you had the aircon installed you were forced to use a set of BBQ tongs on your knob when going for a piss !! Hmm... don't remember saying that. You're not making this up, are you?
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 Hey Shamus. When you're having a barbie do your guests know what you use the tongs for? It should be obvious........... they're pretty big tongs. *cough*
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 Yeah - he uses them to open the giant beer cans we have here in Oz. Regards I haven't seen them in ages here in Queensland. Maybe 5 years or more. *sigh*
lfcrule1972 Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 I remember you saying that before you had the aircon installed you were forced to use a set of BBQ tongs on your knob when going for a piss !! Hmm... don't remember saying that. You're not making this up, are you? Are you kidding me ? It was cos your computer room was so f'in hot ! Maybe it was on MSN...... Sorry I forgot to say how HUGE the tongs were ... As for Gloria the Bedford Bike, is this her I wonder ?
Shamus_McFartfinger Posted May 25, 2007 Author Posted May 25, 2007 If she was about a foot shorter with a flat head she'd be perfect.
lfcrule1972 Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 I have this horrible feeling that she would be volvo's ideal woman just how she is !
lfcrule1972 Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 Mmm Maybe the slightest hint of a muffin top.....
Altercuno Posted May 25, 2007 Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) muffin top? It could be Gloria...she usually has 6 blokes humping her with a long line of them down the street... I park my empties a bit lower down too... Edited May 25, 2007 by Altercuno
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