Comments on: I am the Elephant

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:56:10 +0000

What Zeno said. If anyone tried that trick at my place of work, security would come down hard on the whole place until they found the wireless. They would search every office, every shelf, every drawer. If you complain about it they will remind you that, as a condition of getting the job. you signed a document relinquishing whatever rights of privacy you expected in this situation.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:58:18 +0000

You don’t need all that crap. All you need is the wifi detector shirt:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/991e/

Or, the wifi detector cap:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/hats-ties/bd12/

They’ll NEVER notice you now!!!

By: Will

Will — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:03:56 +0000

Sounds like someone needs RADIUS, NAC, and maybe some Defcon-style WAP active countermeasures. Throw in managed wireless settings for good measure.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:53:46 +0000

@Anonymous: Unfortunately it’s not that easy. We have ~5,000 employees in ~30 buildings. Additionally, we have “tenant” organizations whose equipment we do not manage. It’s a nightmare to police, to say the least.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:35:29 +0000

there has to be an easier way. There must be a way to take a snapshot of all the mac address on the network and trigger an alarm when a new mac is seen on the net. eventually you would capture all company equipment a when the alarm went off just go follow the cable from the reported router and port.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:59:06 +0000

Maybe you could try workin with a guy on the inside, aka the person who reported it in the first place.

By: Zeno

Zeno — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:29:22 +0000

You guys are way too forgiving. Unauthorized wireless access points around my workplace are a sure way have the gendarmes knocking on your office door.

“Gendarmes” – literally, “men with guns”.