On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:08:58 GMT, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
Mark Lloyd wrote:


Only if you are too lazy to take the 10 minutes or so it takes to set
up the security.

Of course, no matter what you do it's still LESS SECURE than a (much
simpler and so more reliable) ethernet cable, preferably located
entirely within an area you control.

Probably marginally. Many, if not most, of the MSoft updates have to
do with exploits that anyone can use to get control of your computer,
even through the ever popular ethernet cable.

They'd have to get by your router, to get to your network if you don't
have wireless. The wireless and is another potential point of entry.

Don't know the stats, but
it would seem this kind or attack would be much more likely to happen
than the drive by.

Maybe so, but drive-by attacks DO happen (not ALL drive-by. I've heard
of people having their dogs carry the equipment). It could be a
neighbor who doesn't like you. The added vulnerability from having
wireless can never be 0.
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