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New users are green, iirc 50 or 100 karma points required to get normal grey
Feels like they are more superior than us based on his color.
I don't know for sure if that's why they chose to make new users green but that's how I view it.
I've thought about adding something like this to my guest wifi to mine some cryptocurrency - but quickly dismissed it as most guests would need to use a charger soon(ish) and thus using my electricity :P
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It's also a scummy thing to do and sets a terrible precedent. Do you want friendly customers on your WiFi or do you want angry customers who feel cheated when they learn the truth?
I think it was basically a joke, and I think his "guests" are friends, not customers, and would therefore be likely to appreciate the joke even if he actually did it.
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If you control the AP, you should disallow client to client communication. Most AP's and routers allow this and it would mitigate this risk.
Is there any way to mitigate this without limiting abilities of people on the network? It kind of destroys the point of a LAN.
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If you control the AP, you should disallow client to client communication. Most AP's and routers allow this and it would mitigate this risk.
Is there any way to mitigate this without limiting abilities of people on the network? It kind of destroys the point of a LAN.
Excellent write up. That’s why we need SSL/TLS with HSTS. Pure HTTP, specially in public WiFi, is dead.
Since we won't get https everywhere soon, is WPA2 on a public Wifi with a publicly known key a workaround? Should prevent plain MITM?
This is trivial to set up with for example, even a cheap sonicwall.
Excellent write up. That’s why we need SSL/TLS with HSTS. Pure HTTP, specially in public WiFi, is dead.
Since we won't get https everywhere soon, is WPA2 on a public Wifi with a publicly known key a workaround? Should prevent plain MITM?
You're thinking of packet injection (or data intercept) by any nearby individual, which WPA2 with known PSK would mitigate. However, as an attacker would know the PSK, they could simply join the network to side-step this.
Some buildings (hostels and shared accomodations) have shared internet (secured with WPA2). This type of attack might be particularly profitable in such situations.