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Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Paddy on March 21, 2008, 02:23:58 PM

http://www.macworld.com/article/132632/2008/03/.html

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 21, 2008, 05:38:19 PM

Now, that's a scary thought! It's bad enough that your neighbors migfht be stealing your bandwidth, now I gotta worry about everyone in the COUNTY?! Thankfully, they still can't get into my Mac!

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: gunug on March 21, 2008, 07:05:49 PM

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Thankfully, they still can't get into my Mac!

Is everyone here pretty satisfied about this?  I'd like to find a reference about the best programs and methods to "make sure" of this.  I don't leave the MAC on wireless all of the time but I do like to "go to sleep" with iTunes playing some classical or "hearts of space" radio station!  What are you doing that makes you feel secure?

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Paddy on March 21, 2008, 07:32:10 PM

The fact that nobody has managed to hack into a Mac on a network without help:

(the hackers were given accounts on the hacked machine...)

http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/03/06.13.shtml

Last year:

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As you may recall, last year’s contest generated some controversy when the organizers were forced to change the rules slightly to allow the hack to include user actions — visiting a malicious webpage for example — something that wasn’t part of the original challenge.

In other words, they allowed a social engineering component when nobody had managed to hack the Mac on the network...

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/02/...-leopard-a.htmlhttp://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/02/vista-leopard-a.html

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 21, 2008, 09:57:58 PM

I also have mine set up with WPA password/authentication.

I can see at three WiFi networks in my vicinity but they are all PCs and I've never even tried to access their machines. Two show a "lock" icon which I assume means it is somewhat secure. The last one shows no icon at all (husband & wife MDs: smart about live bodies but not so much virtual ones? ).

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Parker on March 21, 2008, 11:05:32 PM

i take it that this would be kind of like WiMax and be used as a city-wide public WiFi service or something of that nature... eh?

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: gunug on March 22, 2008, 06:25:27 AM

Oh, I'm using WPA2 at the router (and SSID is turned off) but I'd need to reflash my router with a different operating system (ddWRT) in order to be even more steathy and invisible.  You could probably see a lot more XABD if you were to look around with something like MACStumbler and I know that there must be hacker tools that could break into at least some of the wireless connected computers or even some of the routers.  It's not knowing how good the Firewall is on the MAC and the laptop that concerns me.

I'm using my wireless PC laptop right now and my connection tool (Intel chip set stuff) that comes up with my router comes up with Freenet (a wireless company here in town) and two other routers that aren't secure (the Freenet needs a password which I don't have to actually do anything); there is also a Linksys router called "Linksys Not Secured" which really is secured (someone made a joke)!

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: Paddy on March 22, 2008, 07:51:33 AM

John, you might want to read this: http://www.macworld.com/article/132558/200...onnect2504.html

Lots of info about Leopard's firewall!

My next door neighbor has an unsecured network. I keep meaning to tell them to do something about it. It's hard to take internet access away from your kids when they just hop on the neighbor's network!!!

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: krissel on March 23, 2008, 03:04:43 AM

Being "line of sight" will limit it to a fair degree especially in hilly areas. I'm interested in how the sale of the analog TV band will be used. I think that may have even more possibilities for future use.  

Title: Intel researchers stretch Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles
Post by: gunug on March 23, 2008, 11:27:06 AM

Well, I'm using no better than 10.4.11 on any of my personal machines.  I need to dig in to reassure myself a little more!