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What's the funniest wifi network name you've found?

Old Nov 22, 2006, 1:47 pm
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Old Nov 22, 2006, 2:44 pm
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I know of one called 'PrivateNetwork' that is wide open.
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Old Nov 22, 2006, 6:43 pm
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My wireless router in the basement hosts SSID "guano".
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Old Nov 22, 2006, 7:11 pm
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Old Nov 22, 2006, 10:57 pm
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 12:16 am
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bagscanjfkt1.

The funny part is that it is actually located in T1 of JFK. If someone would only break into the network to see what's behind all of this. Why would they have a wifi network for bag scanning machines?
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 12:58 am
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Not for the fainted heart, but there was a wide open network around my house in Taiwan called "BinLaden".

i thought it was quite funny..
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 1:59 am
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Originally Posted by Palal
bagscanjfkt1.

The funny part is that it is actually located in T1 of JFK. If someone would only break into the network to see what's behind all of this. Why would they have a wifi network for bag scanning machines?
Most all airports have wifi for baggage scanning, but they usually don't broadcast the SSID. In the baggage area they use handheld WiFi scanners to read the baggage tags which connect to WiFi access points.
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 4:08 am
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My computer has collected a very impressive list of wi-fi networks, including:

Bush-Lied-Troops-Died
suckmyplums
happy puppies

The last two were in Sydney, Australia. Aussies have a good sense of humor.
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 4:58 am
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 9:09 am
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8703e/4.1.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/104)

I saw this in a hotel "dontworryiwontuseyourcreditcardnumbers"

Why broadcast your ssid?
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 10:08 am
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you can still read unbroadcast ssid's. on a mac use kismac, not sure what it is on a PC. I finally just added a WEP to my SSID since it was not broadcast at the time, I know it slows down the transfer etc but where I live i don't need anyone gaining access to my network.
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by iCorpRoadie
you can still read unbroadcast ssid's. on a mac use kismac, not sure what it is on a PC. I finally just added a WEP to my SSID since it was not broadcast at the time, I know it slows down the transfer etc but where I live i don't need anyone gaining access to my network.
WEP is not secure. It can be cracked within a matter of minutes. WPA using a long passphrase is much more secure.
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 11:34 am
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Originally Posted by Palal
WEP is not secure. It can be cracked within a matter of minutes. WPA using a long passphrase is much more secure.
You would have to know me quite well to figure out my passwords. Most are made up of numbers and letters, the numbers being letter placers, etc. But yes, they can be cracked as I have done before, I mean I have seen done before. But I am not so concerned as the type of riff raff around me doesn't seem to have servers set up at home.
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Old Nov 23, 2006, 11:51 am
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Originally Posted by iCorpRoadie
But I am not so concerned as the type of riff raff around me doesn't seem to have servers set up at home.
You don't need a server. An ordinary laptop can crack any WEP key in less than 24 hours. Unless you are changing your WEP key often, there is no security. If you did have some monster servers, you could crack a WPA/TKIP key, especially if you don't change the keys each day or session. However a WPA2/AES key is uncrackable by even NSA supercomputers.
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