Monthly Archives: December 2002

La Chiva – Consulado de Colombia | Llegar al para

No es fácil realizar los sueños, pero es posible

El inmigrante alberga la ansiedad de lograr su sueño americano, ése que siempre alimentaba en su país de origen y que se basaba en nuevas y mejores posibilidades de vida. Las experiencias son diversas, algunos seguramente habrán encontrado el paraíso que siempre tuvieron en su mente, mientras que otros vivirán seguramente las dificultades de una realidad, totalmente ajena a la idea de ese paraíso que esperaban encontrar en Canadá. Las experiencias vividas por algunos pueden ayudar a estimular otros procesos. En ese y otros puntos estuvieron de acuerdo cinco profesionales colombianos que han logrado abrirse un espacio en Canadá, luego de sortear las dificultades obvias al hecho de vivir en una cultura totalmente diferente a la de su país de origen. Continue reading →

Slashdot | Speakeasy Welcomes WiFi network sharing

Un exemple intéressant de fournisseur (ISP) qui permet l’utilisation de WiFi, si on ne viole pas leur Entente de Services actuelle. Au Québec, quels sont les fournisseurs qui ont une telle entente “WiFi friendly” ? Continue reading →

New version of WinPT+GnuPG installer released

After some pressure :) Gustavo Vasconcelos has released a new version of his Windows installer for WinPT+GnuPG, officially mirrored on this site. There are now two builds, one based on nullify.org and the other based on the official gnupg.org release of GnuPG. However they both support the current WinPT CVS version 0.7.92 Continue reading →

Satcom Telecom | La Péninsule Manicouagan sur WiFi avant 2003

(via Pssst.qc.ca) À compter du 15 décembre prochain, les résidants et les entreprises de la Péninsule Manicouagan bénéficieront du service Internet haute vitesse sans fil de SATCOM Télécom Sans Fil Inc. , une entreprise en télécommunications de Baie-Comeau.
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CNW | Bell Canada launches public wireless Internet hotspot pilot

(via Pssst.qc.ca) Bell Canada today announced Bell AccessZone(R), a Wi-Fi hotspot pilot that will provide Canadians with wireless high-speed access to the Internet (Wi-Fi is short for Wireless Fidelity and is the most popular worldwide term for high-speed wireless local area networks in offices, homes and public spaces). Continue reading →

Slashdot | Because Only Terrorists Use 802.11

skinnyd writes “Consultants working for the Department of Homeland Security have announced that the Feds view open WiFi as a means of abetting terrorists, and say that they will compel the open wireless operators will have to close off their nets. ‘Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, “If you’re going to get broken into … we’re going to start regulating.”‘ Continue reading →

Slashdot | Secure Interaction Design

Pingster writes “Next week, ICICS 2002 will take place in Singapore. Out of 40 papers at the conference, there will be just one paper that looks at human factors. Though many people know that usability problems can render even the strongest security useless, the security community has only recently started paying attention to usability issues. More serious thinking about usability and security is desperately needed. The paper proposes ten interaction design principles. Maybe you’ll find them obvious; maybe you’ll disagree with them entirely. Great! Let’s have a discussion.” Continue reading →

Slashdot | Securing 802.11b with PPPoE ?

no free lunches asks: “After giving up in disgust on layer 2 auth like *EAP/802.1x (which is a nightmare to configure properly and requires expensive access points and bleeding edge – flaky – firmware) I am considering controlling access to my wireless LAN (a small 50-user setup, with only one Linux user – me) using PPPoE, and would like to ask the Slashdot crowd their opinion.” Continue reading →

Slashdot | WEP Cracking for Mac OS X

Randar the Lava Liza writes “Finally there is a tool to put default Apple AirPort hardware into monitoring mode for wireless security analysis. KisMAC is a variant of Kismet that runs natively on Mac OS X. It requires a special driver to be installed to run the AirPort hardware in monitoring mode, and has built-in WEP cracking tools once enough weak packets have been sniffed.” Continue reading →