Re: What are "computer-to-computer (ad-hoc) networks"?

Thanks guys!

On 6/15/06, Jones, John (US) <John.Jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The "Free Internet Access" peer sounds rather suspicious to me.  I would
avoid it as it would be possible that the peer device would be doing
more than passing along your data - it could be logging your sessions
and could also use the new path to your PC as an attack vector as there
would be no firewall in place (unless you're using a software firewall
on your PC).

My ears "tinged" on that, too.  But does using an unsecured ad-hoc
connection make me any more vulnerable than using an unsecured wireless
network?


On 6/15/06, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Dan wrote:

> What should I make of one that's called "Free Internet Access"?

Is this showing up in the available wireless network list?

Yes.

- Dan