Re: Perhaps the most OBVIOUS question you will ever see.

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From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 01/28/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:50:13 -0500

"Curious George" <curious@spampoop.com> wrote in message
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> Dear Colleagues:
>
> For the life of me I don't know why I have to ask this question since the
> answer is so obvious, however, I need to have others tell me that I am not
> completely insane.
>
> I work at a place where we have a myriad of wireless access points and NO,
> I
> am not writing from there at present.
>
> NONE of the wireless access points has any form of security on them
> whatsoever. No WEP, no CHAP. . . no nothing. Everything is open so you
> could walk into our joint, grab an IP address and surf the web to your
> heart's content.
>

The only way that I could start to see this from your boss' perspective is
if they treat their whole wireless network as a DMZ and keep it firewalled
off from the rest. If not, then hmmmm...

It doesn't make sense, because even moderate security like WEP or WPA
doesn't really cost a lot or require incredible effort to implement.
Neither are perfect but at least it would be a start. 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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