full-disclosure - Wi-fi. Approaching customers

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Message-ID: <4237534F.9050204@shoplogistics.de>
From: m.graf at shoplogistics.de (Marcus Graf)
Subject: Wi-fi. Approaching customers

Matthew Sabin wrote:

> My company has made a conscious decision to leave our WiFi open to visitors, while our internal machines connect via IPSec on the open airwaves.
> A drive-by would show the open nature of our WiFi, but wouldn't immediately tell you that we've secured our business fairly well.

but what if someone uses your unsecured network to download copyrighted 
material (just mp3s are enough :->) or to send porn?

An unsecured WiFi may have serious legal consequences.

And to come back on the original topic: These legal consequences may be 
good arguments to convince customers that they need to get their network 
secured.

Ciao
Marcus

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