Network Security Part 2

"and if you give me access and I know you can't catch me...well, I might look around."

So yesterday I went to Caffeine for my afternoon cup of coffee. As you enter Caffeine there are a couple of chairs and a couch that give the illusion of a living room like setting and it is from that couch that I wrote the first part of this blog entry. Sitting on the couch with his laptop was the employee guy I often talk to about computers and what not. He looked tired like he hadn't slept all night and since there weren't many customers, I guess he was taking a break.

Before I go on, I should mention that there was a very small detail I left out of the first part of this story. When I was browsing thru the files of Mr. Linksys, I happened upon an image file of Caffeine's store logo. It held my curiousity for about 2 seconds and then I just let it go as a coincidence. After all, Caffeine does not have their own wireless internet. Maybe they hired a local to design the logo. I didn't really think much about it as it was the least interesting of the files I was seeing at the time. However...

Now that this guy and I were talking, I asked him again to make sure Caffeine didn't have their own wireless and he said that I was correct and I said, "Ya know, that's really funny because the guy whose wireless I was using yesterday had the Caffeine logo on his computer." So have you guys got it yet because it was after those words left my mouth and before he answered, "That's funny because I have the logo on my computer," that I got it. OOps.

For those of you not with us yet, the coffee shop guy was also stealing Mr. Linksys's wireless internet while I was blogging and it was in fact Mr. Coffee Shop Guy's files I was snooping around. Thus, I need to ammend some of the statements I made in my last entry.

First, my appologies to Mr. Linksys. You are merely a slightly innept person who allowed me free internet access. Thanx.

Second, if you are the file sharing porn viewing type (Not casting a stone. Not even holding a stone.) and you like to hop on other people's wireless internets, then lock your files up. Actually, you don't have to do much to avoid people getting on your computer. Having created shared folders on protected networks, I can tell you there's quite a bit of work involved. Mr. Coffee Shop Guy had to jump thru a number of hoops to give me that kind of access to his computer. God only knows why.

And by the way, I didn't ask. Needless to say, there was a moment of akwardness when we both realized I'd been snooping around his computer. We had a quick polite conversation with him asking how I got in and me telling him that he'd left the door open and that was about it. Aside from mentioning the logo, I didn't get into specifics about what I had seen and aside from an empty porn folder, there wasn't much for me to see. Hopefully, our employee/customer acquintance casual conversation friendship will remain intact.

Just a quick couple of notes. To Mr. Anonymous: "Waaaaa... I didn't like your story." If you felt like Network Security read like a tech manual, your nuts. Second of all, this isn't a call-in show and I'm not pretending to be an expert. I have enough problems writing what's on my mind, let alone what you'd like to read so let's just stick to what I feel like blogging about.

Also, and I don't think Rob misread it this way but for those of you that don't know, eDonkey is a filesharing program and not a porn site... Actually, it's pretty funny. I just googled eDonkey to make SURE it wasn't a porn site. It is not. Thank God.

Until next time.
Dave