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Apple Airport Extreme Beacon Frame Denial of Service

No one have any thought or worry about this? Especially what the guy is saying in the comments about range not being a factor?
 
I have no idea if we should worry. I'm prone to worry and paranoia. hahaha. I don't know how big of a deal it is. I haven't heard if code execution is possible. That's the thing that worry's me. I don't mind a DoS even though a DoS is not good, but it wouldn't be as bad.
 
Well let me put it this way to you...

I would think a wardriver/hacker would be looking for greener pastures (Windows) rather than targeting your Mac. And the whole range thing is a pretty ridiculous thing to worry about as the further one goes the more signals would be avilable and interfering.
 
yellow said:
I would think a wardriver/hacker would be looking for greener pastures (Windows) rather than targeting your Mac.
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You don't think there are people out there who want to be known for the first major attack against OS X?

Sean :)
 
seanf said:
You don't think there are people out there who want to be known for the first major attack against OS X?

Sean :)
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Absolutely.. but is it likely to be one of us?
Should we panic and set our hair on fire?

Not likely. ;)

If I were going to exploit something like this, I'd go somewhere where there's likely to be very ripe pickings.. like the library at the local college.

;)
 
seanf said:
Of course not, but we should also not blindly believe we are safe because Windows is the major target for attacks.
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I don't classify myself as blindly beliving that I'm impervious. I would hope that you don't either.
But it's highly unlikely. Statistically speaking, I'm impervious.
 
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