[MLB-WIRELESS] The consequences of an open AP

[Brenton D.]

You could always use ftp and just block .video and .image files
You could also have a write only account which save files into one folder 
and have a read account which has files that can be read from the server. 
Then have a cron job that runs every 2nd day that copies every thing from 
the write folder to the read folder. this will lower the amount of people 
using the site as a relay for there own use.

A webpage could be used to tell people how to use the AP/Storage.

Thanks Brenton

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rowan Crowe" <rowan at sensation.net.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] The consequences of an open AP


> I've seen a lot of wireless storage devices pop up lately. What happens if
> you happen to have a couple of "enterprising" kids who find your open AP
> and use your HD space to store their pirated music and games? Or some
> dirty old men passing ch*ld p*rn through your storage AP? You may not even
> realise that there is illegal content sitting on your own equipment.
>
> I thought it would be fun to set up an open AP with a public Samba server
> to encourage file sharing, but that idea quickly dissolved when I
> considered the above scenarios... probably unlikely that it ever would
> happen, but if it did there could be some serious trouble.
>
> Another potential issue... if you run an open AP with authentication
> and/or encryption at a higher level, two parties could still connect and
> pass through packets between themselves (unless there's an AP setting that
> only permits packets between WAN-LAN and LAN-WAN?)
>
> Thoughts? Am I just paranoid? :)
>
> Cheers.
>
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