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Best Wireless SSIDs You Have Seen?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-a-little-different dept.

Ant writes "Best SSIDs you have seen is the name of the new Broadband Reports' wireless security forum. Funny ones listed that made me chuckle: WardriversOpenAP, GET LOST, HackedAP, SecureAP (no WEP/WPA), TOP_SECRET, HPD-FieldOffice, MiddleEarth, HoneyPot, mine, and people's full/last name." I think naming your network 'Default' or 'Linksys' should be a crime ;)

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  1. -1 Lame by CaptRespect · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wow, a "story" on a slashdot forum about a lame "what's the best post" on another forum.

    Too bad I can't mod the entire story as -1 LAME.

  2. Re:My neighborhood by powerpointmonkey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    WEP is secure enough imho, and anyway, it's all my router supports and I'm not going to fork out for a new one just yet. In the meantime I change the keys weekly. Sure a MAC address can be cloned, but it's not exactly something that your average script kiddie is going to do. Hell, if someone really wanted to see what I was up to they could just tempest my CRT. It's about an apropriate level of security, and for me, MAC filtering, not broadcasting my SSID, and changing my WEP keys is enough.

  3. Re:My neighborhood by Zeinfeld · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Twice now, I have seen "linksys" as the SSID. Both times, I logged in remotely to their router because the the owners kept the default password. So I changed their SSID to "Yeasty Cunts" and then I booted and blocked them off their own network. I felt that doing this would teach them a little lesson in security. In both instances, the owners had a better SSID, enabled a new password and either WEP or WPA within a day or two. Mission accomplished

    In the process committing a serious crime.

    You don't have the right to decide how other people should manage their network. The fault here lies with the manufacturers for providing systems that require too much effort to secure.

    Terrorising people into behaving in the way you think they should is despicable. Who made you King?

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  4. Re:My neighborhood by jarich · · Score: 5, Insightful
    does anybody have a better idea to help their neighbors?

    The real question is why you feel the need to "help your neighbors"? What's the point?

    It's not your job and they didn't ask you to. An open AP is not hurting anyone.

    If you have an innate need to contribute to society, pick up trash by the side of the road... visit old folks in a retirement home... give blood... contribute to a SourceForge project.

    But don't hack your neighbors to "teach them a lesson".

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