[Owasp-Mumbai] Is my WiFi is adequately secure to keep me out of jail

Bipin Upadhyay muxical.geek at gmail.com
Tue Jan 13 00:33:10 EST 2009


Do I smell another Bhagat Singh in Dinesh --standing convicted in the 
courtroom to educate the _aam-insaan_? ;)

@r4y:
How's http://www.naavi.org/ita_2008/ ?
Disclaimer: Haven't gotten enough time to have a look myself.

Regards,
Bipin Upadhyay.

r4y wrote:
> haha.. lol ! that would be hilarious and make for some really good 
> publicity (at the risk of jail time? i dont know if the new IT Act 
> classifies this as terrorist activity)
>
> btw i've asked some guys i know if its possible to port rfakeap to 
> symbian :)
>
> Side question: does anyone have a good document summarizing the the 
> new provisions in the IT Act?
>
> 2009/1/11 Yash Kadakia <teccoder at gmail.com <mailto:teccoder at gmail.com>>
>
>     R4y,
>
>     Even better load up a few fake ap's with driver exploits for
>     ipw2200 and other vulnerable drivers.
>
>     Then wait for the local pandu to come sniffing ;)
>
>     -- 
>     Yash Kadakia
>
>     Sent from my handheld
>
>     On Jan 11, 2009, at 10:12 AM, r4y <secureas at gmail.com
>     <mailto:secureas at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>>     what would be really cool is if we can get some C developers to
>>     work for us to modify
>>     http://rfakeap.tuxfamily.org/ and port it to symbian..
>>
>>     then distribute it to those who want to oppose the FUD and next
>>     time police come sniffing around they are going to find 1000s of
>>     fakeaps all FK!! That will be a lot of fun and also in a way a
>>     kind of formal protest / activism
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     2009/1/10 Dinesh O'Bareja <dineshbareja at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:dineshbareja at gmail.com>>
>>
>>         Yesterday we were talking about experts and I just read in
>>         the newspaper that I can be arrested  under the CrPC for not
>>         having secured my WiFi connection. If I did not close the
>>         door of my house is there some provision for the cops to
>>         arrest me ?
>>
>>         But I am digressing.
>>
>>         What I actually wanted to know was is there a different
>>         provision in the CrPC for jail terms for WEP, WPA, WPA2 and
>>         "FK" (FK = Fully Khulla) ? As a common man this is my
>>         understanding 
>>         - if you are FK you are fk'ed - in for life ! 
>>         - if you are  WEP you are going to be whepped  and then
>>         thrown into a well.... sorry into a wepp-hole where you will
>>         be forced to wepp because you will get a 3 hour lecture on
>>         WiFi security every 3.01 hours. And every time you do not
>>         wepp you will be forced into a personal session with the
>>         Wireless Worlds Expertest Professional  (WWEP)
>>         - if you are a WAP guy you will be called in and have to
>>         explain WiFi security and how to do it to the cops and the
>>         session must be no less than 3  hours. You will also have to
>>         do community service by spreading the message of WiFi
>>         security as a national priority among the downtrodden and
>>         street children. 
>>         - if you are WPA2 you will get a FUD-Chakra this is the award
>>         given to civilians who have a very sticky 'expert' tag to
>>         their names, preceded by the latest scare or development in
>>         the technology world. The award will attract gullible
>>         officials and media to your doorstep providing you with
>>         opportunities to blab gas. Of course there will be people
>>         like me who will hate you for the thick skin and shallow
>>         character you will have (that is a pre-qualification for the
>>         award) 
>>          
>>         BTW Dipak can you please give us some advice here - what
>>         sections of the CrPC apply here ? Under what section of the
>>         CrPC can the cops go about searching your house / society /
>>         locality for WiFi connections .... isn't this tantamount to a
>>         search without any authorization / warrant ? If they find
>>         three or four unsecured connections and each has a default ID
>>         "dlink" will they knock (or break down) every door in the
>>         neighborhood ? 
>>
>>         Lastly....... right now, I have a wireless router that is
>>         switched on, not secured, an SSID that shows my name and
>>         address AND it is not connected to the internet ! And I am
>>         waiting for the law to catch up with me for this illegal act
>>         because the crime is to have an open WiFi connection and i am
>>         sure that for the clueless cops it will not matter if the
>>         open connection is connected or not !! 
>>          
>>
>>         Have a nice day !
>>         Dinesh
>>          
>>         PS: Hackers and terrorists are omnipresent so SSID and
>>         certain language changes to make you undiscoverable in these
>>         dangerous times are as follows / the new glossary  : 
>>         wepp = weep, cry, shed tears, bawl
>>         fk'ed = no need to explain because you have to be there to know
>>         whepped = whipped, flogged, bashed, maro'ed
>>         WiFi = hahah u don't know ! Don't ask too, because this is
>>         supposed to be strongly protected
>>         WEP = kaccha taala 
>>
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