https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/wifi/Recent content in Wifi on Geeky Schmidthttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pnghttps://geekyschmidt.com/images/papermod-cover.pngHugoenCopyright ©2002-2026, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:01:11 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2008/09/02/airborne-warfare/Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:01:11 +0000https://geekyschmidt.com/2008/09/02/airborne-warfare/<p>The mark of a good system administrator is laziness. I mean this in the sense that laziness in the computing world fuels automation and thereby lower costs. In this quest for automation it is my belief that we have opened ourselves to a real danger in the air.</p> <p>Most computers by default have running applications. Wether they be in the taskbar  or a Linux daemon, our machines are set to take care of their users. The biggest offenders are communication based services. Programs that login to our Lotus Smarttime, Windows Messenger, or Jabber corporate servers transmit userid and password information upon recognizing network connections. Email programs set to auto-check for mail ping into the ether in search of new messages to delight the warm body clicking away on its keyboard.</p>