tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post5296476402485713299..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: Don't secure your wifi!!!RevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-78937275066249992362010-05-03T14:00:28.217+01:002010-05-03T14:00:28.217+01:00and put a huge bandwith restriction on your public...and put a huge bandwith restriction on your public wifi so no one can do anything but still classed as public wifi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-10179546180066230902010-04-29T20:55:12.294+01:002010-04-29T20:55:12.294+01:00Sometimes I really wonder whether the relevant peo...Sometimes I really wonder whether the relevant people (the ones responsible for all these new laws) actually read articles and comments like this. <br />It would be a great danger because everything is analyzed and the weaknesses (=freedom) shown - and they could fix it. <br />But at the same time they have shown so little knowledge so far that I can't quite believe it.. hm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-65881695367692199662010-04-29T10:22:19.356+01:002010-04-29T10:22:19.356+01:00Hi Rev. You mention you're an ISP. If you'...Hi Rev. You mention you're an ISP. If you're allowing your customers to register with you as a comms provider, you may want to add your company to the "What is my ISP's policy on complying with the Act?" page on http://www.digitaleconomyact.info <br /><br />http://www.digitaleconomyact.info/index.php/What_is_my_ISP's_policy_on_complying_with_the_Act%3FGlennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15402407869335905281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-34729106498907527882010-04-28T17:38:25.481+01:002010-04-28T17:38:25.481+01:00@Andrew,
If you do 2, why would you ever need 3?@Andrew,<br /><br />If you do 2, why would you ever need 3?bboissinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260529009122462249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-31588818527950095942010-04-28T17:21:39.268+01:002010-04-28T17:21:39.268+01:00An even more foolproof plan!
1. Turn off your wifi...An even more foolproof plan!<br />1. Turn off your wifi and use a bloody cable.<br />2. Don't engage in filesharing!<br />3. Make all your connections thru a VPN!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00877164533424085530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-25765789043097991242010-04-28T16:41:26.937+01:002010-04-28T16:41:26.937+01:00Data retention directive is not an issue as...
(a)...Data retention directive is not an issue as...<br />(a) They have to find you<br />(b) The secretary of state has to ask you to record the data<br />(c) The secretary of state has to reimburse you for doing so<br />(d) You do not have to create new data, just what you already process or generate which for this would probably be timestamps and maybe DHCP allocated IP.<br />(e) If you don't comply the worst the directive has is that they can get an court order requiring you to comply (not fines or any such) at which point you turn off the AP and stop being a comms provider.<br />(f) I think you have to be a public comms provider for any of this to apply anyway and it may be you can be a communications provider without being a public provider.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-7565321629300683452010-04-28T15:29:09.413+01:002010-04-28T15:29:09.413+01:00Don't you have some obligation on data retenti...Don't you have some obligation on data retention as a communication provider? (at least that's the case in some places in Europe)bboissinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260529009122462249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-12060253447904983332010-04-28T13:26:28.998+01:002010-04-28T13:26:28.998+01:00Off topic...
But I <3 AAISP. I don't live ...Off topic...<br /><br />But I <3 AAISP. I don't live in the UK any more, but they were my ISP for the last 3 years I did and they are simply great! =)Greg Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09341964609843229369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-25295918260422731692010-04-28T13:24:40.476+01:002010-04-28T13:24:40.476+01:00BT total broadband users have the Fon service opti...BT total broadband users have the Fon service option to share a percentage of their bandwidth to other BT OpenZone subscribers in the area.<br /><br />http://www.btfon.com/support/faqs<br />Could be a good cover, although i guess they will have records of who is logging in and any certain time period to match activity to a users credentials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-84811721360192642322010-04-28T13:05:39.623+01:002010-04-28T13:05:39.623+01:00@Ewan - some of the new Bt boxes operate as BT Ope...@Ewan - some of the new Bt boxes operate as BT Open Zone node (at least, that's the only conclusion I can find when there's nothing else that could act as this in by brother's house) - so technically you're doing this anyway.David Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848249444223250254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-33388248983822009862010-04-28T12:21:19.009+01:002010-04-28T12:21:19.009+01:00Sorry - no idea - but do let us know!Sorry - no idea - but do let us know!RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-72577751251314508072010-04-28T11:41:15.617+01:002010-04-28T11:41:15.617+01:00Hi, I was wondering whether you had any insight in...Hi, I was wondering whether you had any insight into how one of the larger ISPs like BT would react to me asking to open up my wireless as a wireless provider.<br /><br />I've browsed there site and its extremely vague and i just wanted something to go on before i rang up.Ewanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982586899958778614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-31456416230203393982010-04-26T12:27:02.876+01:002010-04-26T12:27:02.876+01:00Tad vague - surely it is in keeping with a residen...Tad vague - surely it is in keeping with a residential customer to run an open wifi? but as I said, you should ask your ISP.<br /><br />AAISP take the view that it is now going to be easier to deal wit ha customer that is a "communications provider" than one that is a "subscriber", so it is to be encouraged.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-29384750076472579232010-04-26T12:24:21.756+01:002010-04-26T12:24:21.756+01:00Have been looking at virgin medias t&c's
...Have been looking at virgin medias t&c's <br /><br />http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/legal/oncable/terms.html<br /><br />I believe that the following line(D 1 J) would make this against the t&c's - any thoughts?<br /><br />use the services in a way that: (i) risks degradation of service levels to other customers; (ii) puts our and/or Virgin Media Entertainment's system at risk; and/or (iii) is not in keeping with that reasonably expected of a residential customer. If we and/or Virgin Media Entertainment believe that you are using the services in any of these ways, Virgin Media and/or Virgin Media Entertainment (as applicable) are entitled to reduce, suspend and/or terminate any or all of the services without giving you noticeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-62138893775202032082010-04-24T12:57:10.185+01:002010-04-24T12:57:10.185+01:00I had hoped that the new law would be unenforceabl...I had hoped that the new law would be unenforceable, riddled with flaws in the sloppy drafting that has become standard practice in recent legislation. No such luck: the Digital Economy Bill was drafted by the music business and, whatever their history on ripping of musicians and the public, they pay their lawyers handsomely. Needless to say, they did the job competently.<br /><br /><br /><br />But... Silly me, fiddling in the details and the fine print when we know that the DEB was conceived in ignorance and grew out of deep conceptual failings in their understanding of justice, property and the nature of digital communications and media.<br /><br />Thus, we have hope and relief, if not salvation: our rulers and their owners have demonstrated limitless ignorance of the Digital Economy and its technical undepinnings, at every stage of the legislative process. It is therefore inevitable that the law will be riddled with errors and absurdities that provide exactly the kind of loophole you have pointed out today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com