Comment "Privacy of their own appartment"? (Score 2, Interesting) 1211
As we know, the signal is not confined to a single room unless you've got some of that silver wallpaper that was mentioned a while back.
Otherwise it's quite feasible to get a signal through two or three walls or a floor.
A large percentage of people still do not bother to / are able to configure WEP/WPA security on their access points. These people would be opening up the university network to unauthorized access, making their own internal server infrastructure (including valuable data like research material) for anyone close enough to an access point to see.
Yes, it's a rather draconian measure, but what other choice is there? They can't insist on setting up all student access points themselves (and then changing the password) can they?
Otherwise it's quite feasible to get a signal through two or three walls or a floor.
A large percentage of people still do not bother to / are able to configure WEP/WPA security on their access points. These people would be opening up the university network to unauthorized access, making their own internal server infrastructure (including valuable data like research material) for anyone close enough to an access point to see.
Yes, it's a rather draconian measure, but what other choice is there? They can't insist on setting up all student access points themselves (and then changing the password) can they?
