[pchelpers] Re: Wireless security

Scott McNay wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Last week, I was copying data off of a server onto another computer.
> While I was waiting for that, I, for some reason, decided to look at
> the settings on the wireless router. To my surprise, I discovered that
> there was no Pre-Shared Key (PSK). That meant that anyone nearby could
> get into the network and suck network bandwidth and internet
> bandwidth. That wasn't so bad; the bad part was that the server had
> been set up with Simple File Sharing, which means no password needed.

An interesting conundrum. One possible way to deal with it is to use 
NETBEUI for your network shares. It works well locally, but will not go 
beyond the physical network (ie: not to the internet).
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