[P1] OT: Setting up Public Wi-Fi

[Scott Warren]

Logistic watch outs:
- Customer's try to use their email client and your ISP's might have 
restrictions (anti-spam policy) but most people connecting would not be 
novice...
- Making sure your equipment is protected
- Customer use does not take up so much bandwidth that your business is 
effected
- providing the customer with how to connect to the wi-fi

Evil watch outs:
- Customers trying to get into other customer's (or your) shared 
computers
- Customer unknowingly with a virus infected machine spreading to other 
customers or using your internet connection to spread the virus
- Customer knowingly uses your free connection to send out spam to the 
internet (your ISP can block smtp traffic that is not thru them)
- Hacker with a big antenna sitting outside the building and a packet 
sniffer learning all the secrets about anyone using the device (more 
likely than you might think, its called war driving and its catching 
on....  using the sniffer is war spying and VERY illegal...   
www.wardriving.com )

The customer benefit is far greater than the risks...

On Mar 11, 2004, at 8:30 AM, Signhelpers.com wrote:

> Any thought out there about the problems-precautions involved in 
> setting up a public wi-fi location? We have a situation where we could 
> allow customers to access the Net but have concerns about security 
> etc.
>
> -- 
> Signhelpers.com
> Mike Urseth
> P.O. Box 237
> Ridgeland WI 54763
> 715-837-1120
>