[OSX-Users] Re: $ in WEP password

[Andrew Paul Landells]

On 14 Jan 2010, at 15:52, Jules wrote:
> On 14/01/2010 15:50, Philip Boulain wrote:
>> Ben Hodgson wrote:
>>> Wired Equivalent Privacy. It's the kind of privacy that's equivalent a wire that's connected to everyone else's computer within 150ft of you. </sarc>
>> 
>> No, let's be fair here.
>> 
>> The hypothetical wire would at least let you /know/ which people were on your network, and not give you a false sense of security. ;)
> You never seen a "vampire tap"? Traditional thick and 10base-2 ethernet didn't let you know...

They're both far too young to remember those. :-)
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