Vulnerability Development: Re: Wlan @ bestbuy is cleartext?

[El C0chin0 <mr.nasty () ix netcom com>]

In-Reply-To: <3CD097DA.2090309 () thievco com>

Very good point, while working with a Government Agency a 
few years ago, I was doing a vulnerability assessment and 
showed them how vulnerable their system was.  (two mouse 
clicks away from the password file - that's what got to DC)

They were also using wlan and I suggested that we at least 
test it.  They didn't want to ruffle the feathers of the 
director of the hospital since we had already embarrassed 
him about the password file.

They would have rather sent a team of gun carring 
investigators to set up a sniffer to check for porn.

That's why this country is so secure.

> Another anonymous comment:
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> What is more scary than CCs, many drug stores & hospitals 
have their
> business connected via unencrypted 802.11b.  I thought 
that medical
> companies were required to do all things neccesary to 
protect medical
> records.  I'm surprised that many companies have not been 
sued over
> this one yet.
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