Democratic Convention Computer Security Threat?

Hiawatha writes "Excuse me for tooting my own horn, but check out my story in today's Boston Globe about a possible security problem at the Democratic convention next week. If visitors plug insecure laptops with wireless connections into the convention's wired network, there could be trouble..."

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At Least It Isn't MS

[artlu]

Since the NSA is releasing security advisories for M$ Products can we expect WiFi to be next? The threat of insecure networks in large companies as well as government agencies should be pretty large. On my commute to work every day in the bay area, I come in contact with hundreds of "free" access points, which are left on because of computer illiteracy.

WiFi 802.11i should solve that though... Sure, it will.
Aj

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Re:what, but they created networking

[A_GREER]

ignorance is bliss

That makes me wonder why John Kerry looks so sad...

That Certainly Puts My Mind at Ease

[Wymanator]

But Garcia insisted the Democrats have the computer security situation well in hand, with the help of security specialists from Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

I always rely on Microsoft for all my security needs!

Al Gore designed the internet!!

[whoda]

Whats a little intranet security?