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Re: Drive-by spam hits wireless LANs


From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja () darkwing uoregon edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:55:20 -0700 (PDT)


It always figures, that when you create a commons, virtual or actual that 
someone will come along and mess it up.

joelja

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, blitz wrote:





And you think the terresterial sources are hard to shut down....



Drive-by spam hits wireless LANs

By Graeme Wearden
Special to CNET News.com
September 6, 2002, 10:14 AM PT
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-956911.html

LONDON--The proliferation of insecure corporate wireless networks is
fueling the growth of drive-by spamming, a security expert warned on
Thursday.


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