[geeks] Unsecured Wifi connections now illegal in part of India.

[Sridhar Ayengar]

John Francini wrote:
>> No, if it were secure that would be the case.  If it were "secure"
>> (which is the best that wifi can do without current-research
>> technology), it would actually be worse, because then when the bad guys
>> crack your WEP or whatever you use and leech your connectivity, the
>> government becomes much surer it's you doing it.  I know of someone
>> who's mooching off a neighbour's "secure" wifi right now - and this
>> guy, while good enough with computers to be making a living at them, is
>> by no stretch a spook-level crypto expert or anything.
> 
> So how long does it take to break into WEP, WPA Personal, or WPA2 
> Personal?  More time than someone who is doing 'war-driving' is willing 
> to spend to break in, I'd bet. I suspect that enough people leave their 
> Wi-Fi open that it's simply not worth their while to do anything more 
> than driving to the next block.

I've tried it.  WPA personal took me 7-10 minutes.  I didn't try WPA2 
personal.  WEP took a minute or so.

Peace...  Sridhar