How to Take Over a Train Station

ThinkComp writes "Everyone knows that home wireless networks are insecure, but who would expect a major transportation hub to be vulnerable to the same problems? Well, waiting for my friend's train at South Station in Boston, MA, I happened to notice that it was possible to take control of the entire station's wireless network, including its home page and authorization method (free wireless, anyone?)--and those of thirty other businesses throughout Massachusetts, thanks to a few coding errors on the part of the wireless company with which South Station contracted."

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Re:There is one silly error in an otherwise great

[JVert]

The whole article reeked with script kiddy. He blamed the "programmers" for seting up weak passwords. The programmers could be responsible for thier sofware to allow weak passwords, but he accuses them of being the ones who set the password. This makes him feel "more special" to think that he is getting around the programmers not guessing lame passwords. His traveling through the directory listings sounded exciting but he would never have gotten anywhere important if he didn't do the password game.

For someone who wants to report his findings his reluctance to use the abuse email is dumbfounding.