Re: waaay offtopic
On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for Gene's
> > > use-case?
> >
> > I believe he is using passwords and his unwanted user can crack them. I
> > agree it isn't clear whether he is using WPA or WPA2. I don't know the
> > current state of play with cracking WPA2-PSK.
>
> Gene mentioned several times (in completely unrelated threads) that he
> keeps the wireless turned off, because apparently his neighbour is able
> to steal his internet more or less instantly.
>
> No mention whatsoever was made about what (if any!) wireless security
> option is in use. It might as well have been WEP (which is known to be
> crackable for many years now) or none.
>
> Or it might have been some incompetent or malicious[1] website using up
> Gene's internet and the neighbour is inocent. Or a download script stuck
> in a loop, or... etc.
>
> Occam's razor suggests Gene will be just fine with WPA2-PSK.
>
> [1] see Hanlon's razor
Perhaps something is explained by
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg01315.html
but I couldn't understand any of
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/05/msg00736.html
Cheers,
David.
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