Slashdot Mirror
Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech?
An anonymous reader writes "Recently, I had found out (through my log files) that my wireless router was subject to a Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) brute force PIN attack. After looking on the Internet and discovering that there are indeed many vulnerabilities to WPS, I disabled it. After a few days, I noticed that I kept intermittently getting disconnected at around the same time every day (indicative of a WPA deauthentication handshake capture attempt). I also noticed that an evil twin has been set up in an effort to get me to connect to it. Through Wi-Fi monitoring software, I have noticed that certain MAC addresses are connected to multiple WEP and WPA2 access points in my neighborhood. I believe that I (and my neighbors) may be dealing with an advanced Wi-Fi leech. What can I do in this situation? Should I bother purchasing a directional antenna, figuring out exactly where the clients are situated, and knocking on their door? Is this something the local police can help me with?"
And punch him in the nose.
UTP
Yes, I'm left. You have a problem with that?
Setup squid and redirect all web traffic through it. Replace all images on machines that are not yours with goatse.
You can give them satellite images of the house of the person that stole your identity, and they won't drive over for that.
So for something involving log files and such? Not a chance.
You should redirect all network traffic to goatse for a week, and just use a 3G hotspot while your normal one kills the thief's eyes.
My mom says I'm cool.
...I think that means he's consenting to letting you administrate his system. I suggest you do so.
Log in to the Evil Twin network. Start a bunch of illegal torrents and "accidentally" alert the appropriate parties by IP address. Some appropriate in-theater movies and the MPAA would be a good start.
//TODO: Think of witty sig statement
You're giving him cancer, he's using some of your wifi. Just segregate your personal network from the wifi network and see if you have QoS options to limit how much you share. Can't we all just get along? ;)
To FBI surveillance van.
start knocking on doors and asking your neighbors if they would mind terribly if you spoke with their 15 year old son for a few minutes, because you've determined he's been hacking your wifi. Eventually, you'll hit the right house. For the wrong houses, act confused and say you must have miscalculated by a house or two, and that you're sorry. Bring cookies to show you're not an ass, though.
And THEN break his legs.
Right?
They probably are the FBI...
NO NO NO
Create a GUI in Visual Basic and track his IP.
Place $10,000 in a cedar box with an Eisenhower Silver dollar. Include a photo of the person in question. Mail to General Delivery Attention: Teddy New York, NY 10001 No bodies, no witnesses, no questions. We're offering 2 for 1 on contract this week, just include an additional photo.
I believe in the scorched Earth policy:
Brick his doppelganger AP by doing a bad firmware update on it.
Go to dealextreme and buy a Wi-Fi jammer and use it whenever you're not home or asleep.
Change your AP's name to his address plus "..is a sex offender. Hide your kids"
Set your SSID to "UnauthorizedTrafficRoutedThroughPolice"
and/or
Set up a server between your ISP and wireless access point with a VPN. If you get caught by his evil twin access point, you will know because your VPN connection will fail. Even if it doesn't fail at least your traffic should be secure.
or
Set your SSID to "ConnectingHereConstitutesConsentToEnterAndSearchYourHouse" Maybe the opportunity for an easy search would get the cops interested.
You should probably file a complaint with the police in case his illegal activity comes back to your IP address.
You may want to find out what kind of person you are dealing with before getting the police involved. Your strategy should probably be different if you are dealing with a local gang leader or homicide parollee rather than a high school nerd.
If the offender happens to be on probation it could give you extra leverage.
Keep in mind that if he lives next door he can listen in on your conversations with a sensitive directional microphone. He could also probably easily tap your phone, especially if it is cordless or cellular. So be carefull about speaking your passwords or other sensitive information out loud. Mail theft, burglary, vandalism, and other nasty attacks could become an issue.
Amazing stuff, tinfoil.
it makes a great hat
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
More elegantly, once you've got a location on an external wall that consistently blocks the intruder, mount a decorative mirror. The silvering on the mirror should do the same job as the tinfoil while hiding its purpose behind teh pretty.
(Not many people realise that this is where Feng Shui came from. Back before ancient China lost its knowledge of RF tech.)
Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
That coupled with naming and shaming. Sniff everything, wait for an email to pass by, print it and stick it to every lamppost in the neighborhood. Or log all URLs visited and print those. That will get the point across and on top of that provides some entrainment to your neighbors.