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How can a ISP not be up to date on security ?

Started by Dhananjay Nene · 9 months ago

A few days back I blogged about wireless security becoming a prominent issue in India. In that I had essentially defended the ISPs given the fact that they could not be expected to ensure security of all the domestic routers that connect into their network.

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  • Hi
    Interesting post!
    I checked my router and the following Security options are available:
    None, WEP, 802.1X, WPA-PSK, WPA

    I am not a Security expert, however I understand that all of them would have vunerablities in them.
    Whichever security protocol you might want to implement, it is just a matter of time before an exploit is found.

    In India we have a saying "Locks are to stop a honest man from being a thief. A lock would not stop a thief. Thief would be able to crack the lock anyway"

    I figure that ISP's would not be able to do much about the security aspect of wireless access points.

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