Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758633Ab1D2KuW (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:50:22 -0400 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:51191 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758486Ab1D2KuV convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2011 06:50:21 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=pFDBRlUiA82PehHso9Tmtjqs7/5SJDL8rYNSXPltYIHpyGXUdRlAKYInQxcKXcUwCy eKn73zJUMxubVnocsSaDdXCin/GnhpIuZvvOhyiC/XCdulVDUShq94009udRD8WPtPBn UfAuM/31fRThybz52B8jvWqRiLHoBBCODwOBw= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:50:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: EFF's Open Wireless Movement - solutions for Linux 802.11 APs To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linux-wireless , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openwireless@eff.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1656 Lines: 34 On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > The EFF announced an effort and desire to promote open wireless > networks instead of closed encrypted networks to help users with > connectivity. They have come up with some alternative proposals and > challenges which they are asking for review / help on. As far as Linux > is concerned I've started a wiki [2] to cover what we can do for > 802.11 Linux based APs. Feel free to extend the wiki as you see fit > and / or subscribe for changes. > > [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/04/open-wireless-movement > [2] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/OpenWirelessMovement > > ?Luis > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at ?http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > While everyone seems to be talking about people abusing your open networks to download child porn, there is another issue: on an open network, not only can everyone connect - any user can also snoop on, and/or inject fake data into, any other user's communication. The solution could be creating a modified version of WPA that does encryption, but not authentication (i.e. lets anyone join the network, but prevents one user from snooping on another one). -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/