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NoCatAuth: Authentication for Wireless Networks

Posted by michael on from the look-ma-no-wires dept.

Lisa writes: "Even an open community wireless network needs to keep track of who's using it, says Rob Flickenger, who describes the authentication system used by NoCat in this article." This is at least partially an ad for Flickenger's new book, but since I plan to buy the book anyway... Update: 11/17 14:53 GMT by M : Yep, this is a duplicate. But community wireless needs more participants, so why not read it again? :)

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  1. Moderator Test by PhotonSphere · · Score: 3, Funny

    Since this article was posted earlier, can I simply copy and paste all the top-moderated comments to grab some easy karma? I shall call it a consistency-test!

  2. 4 of 11 comments and he already retracted. by garcia · · Score: 2

    well at least they are getting closer to not doing duplicates :)

  3. What would be nice... by duffbeer703 · · Score: 2

    ... would be if you could easily set aside a certain percentage of your bandwidth (say 10-15%) for use by other people, and more if its available. That way you aren't taking a backseat to freeloaders on your own network, but you also aren't curring people off whenever you start a big, bandwidth-heavy transfer.

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    Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
  4. Re:Fine for him, don't force it on us. by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 2

    Do you authenticate to your ISP? Doesn't that fly in the face of absolute anonymity?

  5. Only 36 comments after 15 hours? by RedX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Worst. Thread. Ever.

  6. Re:Nice job, Micheal by macdaddy · · Score: 2

    Some moderator had his or her head up their asses again. How the hell can the first post to an article be redundant. Dumbass.