On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > > <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for Gene's > > > use-case? > > > > I believe he is using passwords and his unwanted user can crack them. I > > agree it isn't clear whether he is using WPA or WPA2. I don't know the > > current state of play with cracking WPA2-PSK. > > Gene mentioned several times (in completely unrelated threads) that he > keeps the wireless turned off, because apparently his neighbour is able > to steal his internet more or less instantly. > > No mention whatsoever was made about what (if any!) wireless security > option is in use. It might as well have been WEP (which is known to be > crackable for many years now) or none. > > Or it might have been some incompetent or malicious[1] website using up > Gene's internet and the neighbour is inocent. Or a download script stuck > in a loop, or... etc. > > Occam's razor suggests Gene will be just fine with WPA2-PSK. > > [1] see Hanlon's razor
Perhaps something is explained by https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg01315.html but I couldn't understand any of https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/05/msg00736.html Cheers, David.
