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| DATE | 2003-09-24 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [nycwireless] RIAA's mistake highlights 802.11 vulnerability
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i dunno i grabbed this off a 802.11 mailing list, the story in question
(link below) makes no reference whatsoever to 802.11 + i get the feeling
alot of the RIAA's assault mistakes will get blamed on open WiFi ...
- jon
RIAA's mistake highlights 802.11 vulnerability
The RIAA has dropped a suit against Newbury, Massachusetts sculptor Sarah
Seabury Ward. The RIAA has accused her of using Kazaa illicitly to download
music from the popular file sharing network. She had a solid defense: Kazaa
runs only on Wintel computers. She uses a Macintosh. Evan Cox of Covington &
Burling said that there might have been an error when the local network
provider gave the IP addresses to the RIAA: "If any of those numbers are
wrong or transposed, you're going to get the wrong person." The mistake
should be a warning to users of unsecured 802.11 networks. Given the current
state of vendor-neutral security solutions for Wi-Fi networks, it is
possible for a file trader seeking to avoid legal action to attach to a
poorly secured network explicitly for the purpose of downloading illicit
music files. When the RIAA subpoenas ISP records, there will be no way for
the ISP to determine that a rogue wireless network client was responsible
for the illicit activity. Matthew S. Hamrick, an independent security
expert, said: "This is going to be a big mess... from a technology
perspective, it's going to be awfully hard for the RIAA to prove that if the
people they're suing have wireless networks, that it wasn't a rogue
war-driver downloading songs using their [the suit target's] wired network
connection."
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2003/09/24/recording_industry_
withdraws_suit/
pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc
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