[nycbug-talk] WiFi use liability. . .

[Bob Ippolito]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 10:57 PM, Ray wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 06:36:57PM -0400, Isaac Levy wrote:
>> Just to show I'm not just a whiner/complainer, I will throw in a
>> solution: IPV6?  Where are we all at with this?  STAND UP MY BROTHA'S
>> AND LETS GET OUR BUTTS IN GEAR TO MOVE BEYOND ALL OUR CURRENT BORING
>> JUNK!
>
> Sorry, dot_ike, but how does IPv6 solve the issue of whether or not
> we get sued if someone uses an open AP that we own for illegal uses?

Well, you'd have enough IP space to give each MAC address its own 
external IP.  That doesn't really do anything about spoofing, but 
nothing at the transport level does really.

-bob