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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:50:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: EFF's Open Wireless Movement - solutions for Linux 802.11 APs
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
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	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, openwireless@eff.org
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> 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
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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).

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