Comments on: UK File-Sharers and the “Wireless Defense”

By: Virgin Media Router

Virgin Media Router — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:04:25 +0000

What about cloning of virgin media routers?

see http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorola-Surfboard-SB5100-LATEST-SIGMA-FLASHED_W0QQitemZ170245752168QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170245752168&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14.l1318

or tcniso

All the hacker needs is to find your routers MAC address and they’re effectively ‘riding’ on your connection. The IP address would link to YOUR account. Virgin Media has virtually no way to fight this.

They don’t need to be next door, they can be anywhere with a cable connection.

How’s that for a defense?

By: Jadedan

Jadedan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:47:42 +0000

As the legal issues surrounding file-sharing heat up in the UK, more and more recipients of compensation demands are considering their defense. One such possibility is the ‘wireless’ or ‘WiFi’ defense. We take a look at the issue and try to shine some light on what people can expect, should they take this route.

By: XAVeRY

XAVeRY — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:21:18 +0000

With WPA2, as well as WPA, the strength of the encryption is based on how strong the key is. If you’re going to use short passwords commonly found in wordlists, then you’re just as secured as when you’re using no security. And don’t even get me started on WEP, which can be cracked much more easier than WPA(2). I can assure you that if you’re going to use a WPA(2) passphrase coming from a random symbol generator (such as the one found on http://www.kurtm.net/wpa-pskgen/ or just /dev/urandom on Unixes), you won’t get unknown people strolling around your network.

About the logs from the routers : most routers don’t even write logs, and if they do, they’re just stored in the RAM and therefore lost whenever the device reboots.

By: h33t

h33t — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:42:32 +0000

good article

the number 1 strategy against filesharers is bullying

bullying is illegal at school, work, on the street, in hospital, at church, but the media cartels prefer it above all

http://www.h33t.com

By: Crusher Destroyer

Crusher Destroyer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:10:52 +0000

I’m an American living in Japan at the moment. I am DL the shit outta Waffles, Demonoid, and TPB. I am not worried as I don’t think that any of these agencies could communicate with my Japanese ISP.

Maybe, but..

What do ya’ll think?

By: Technocat

Technocat — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:07:06 +0000

@21
There’s an even easier way in linux, just use:

# macchanger -r eth1

for a completely random address every time.

By: Welshie

Welshie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:55:23 +0000

‘When I first installed and tested the wifi, it ran really fast, but when I setup the recommended (not REQUIRED) level of security passwords, it slowed right down. So to get the speed I payed for, your honour, I had to…’

By: Izkata

Izkata — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:50:51 +0000

So, multiple MAC addresses in the logs makes it less likely that they’ll believe you did it?

for linux:
sudo ifconfig eth1 down hw ether 01:01:A0:A0:FF:FF
sudo ifconfig eth1 up

Yay, new MAC address!

By: 10 is a moron

10 is a moron — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:25:21 +0000

@10
Just read that article.
It references the laser printer.
That’s it.
Everything else is completely different from this article.
Not a SINGLE sentence was copypasta.
Conclusion-
You’re a moron.

By: oneplusone

oneplusone — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:04:08 +0000

@ #6… Then you’re not going to be mounting a robust wi-fi defense anytime soon? Cause you’re convinced yer WPA2′s a +20 Wizard with Balls of Fire?
Then you wouldn’t be interested in this information: “-=Xploitz=- VIDEO: Volume #3 “E-Z WPA/WPA2 Cracking Tutorial …”

Secure wireless is hilarious, even as science fiction. Flash, look out!