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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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Hi,
At 22:46 24/09/2003, jon baer wrote:
>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
[...]
>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."
Well, I don't know (and am too lazy to check) the actual text of the DMCA
that allows them to ask ISPs about who the user was that had such IP
address at such time, but depending on the writing, the owner of the
unsecured AP may very well be considered an ISP (even if free or even
involuntary) and be requested to provide information about who was doing
that at that time. Don't know what the consequences are for not providing
(or not being able to provide) such information.
Whatever happens, in the end, there *will* be a need to be able to identify
any user of a wireless network. Even if people don't know it, it's already
the case in many other countries, and is probably already the case in the
US too.
Totally open unchecked access really cannot survive in the long term. Even
though I am clearly an advocate of civil liberties (and am clearly against
the DMCA allowing right holders to request identity without any judicial
process), I cannot imagine a world where it would not be possible to find
who was using a connection to the Internet at a given time.
Jacques.
-- Jacques Caron, IP Sector Technologies
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