Windows 7 Can Create Rogue Wi-Fi Access Point

alphadogg writes "Windows 7 contains a 'SoftAP' feature, also called 'virtual Wi-Fi,' that allows a PC to function simultaneously as a Wi-Fi client and as an access point to which other Wi-Fi-capable devices can connect. The capability is handy when users want to share music and play interactive games. But it also can allow on-site visitors and parking-lot hackers to piggyback onto the user's laptop and 'ghost ride' into a corporate network unnoticed." While this means a bit more policing for networks meant to be locked down, it sounds like a good thing overall. Linux users, meanwhile, have had kernel support (since 2.6.26) for 802.11s mesh networking, as well as Host AP support for certain chipsets.

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Re:No biased reporting here on /. Just the facts.

[Hurricane78]

Actually, depending on your p.o.v., there is no such thing as bias or facts. Because there are no absolutes in nature, except in mathematics. Everything is relative. Every information is filtered, interpreted and processed a billion times. And always relative to the processor’s standpoint.

What you call “facts” is what fits your inner model and comes from trusted sources. What you call bias, are simply points of view that differ from yours. That’s all there is to it.
Which means that actually it does not matter, since you can always get out the useful bits that fit your reality, by knowing the standpoint of the sources, and interpreting things accordingly.

(Denying all this, because you thought all your life, that there are absolute truths, won’t make it go away. You can of course develop another explanation that fits you better. But will it improve your life more than this one? :)

About your comment’s actual content: I agree, since it nicely fits my inner model, and your comment shows no signs of trustworthiness or inconsistencies visible to me.