Comments on: Russian spies. Ad-hoc networks. http://codemonkey.org.uk/2010/07/01/russian-spies-adhoc-networks/ Dave Jones' Linux & opensource stuff. Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:35:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: AdamW http://codemonkey.org.uk/2010/07/01/russian-spies-adhoc-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-214 AdamW Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:54:54 +0000 http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/?p=284#comment-214 Ad-hoc networking is actually built right into NetworkManager: if you have a wireless interface, and an internet connection available through some interface which is *not* that wireless interface, you can left click on NM and 'Create new wireless network...', which will give you a very simple wizard to set up an ad hoc network which will share that internet connection. Can be pretty handy in some circumstances. This is also commonly how 'wireless router' apps for cellphones work - they set up an ad hoc network. I do that all the time. Ad-hoc networking is actually built right into NetworkManager: if you have a wireless interface, and an internet connection available through some interface which is *not* that wireless interface, you can left click on NM and ‘Create new wireless network…’, which will give you a very simple wizard to set up an ad hoc network which will share that internet connection. Can be pretty handy in some circumstances.

This is also commonly how ‘wireless router’ apps for cellphones work – they set up an ad hoc network. I do that all the time.

]]> By: Alex Bennee http://codemonkey.org.uk/2010/07/01/russian-spies-adhoc-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-212 Alex Bennee Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:43:47 +0000 http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/?p=284#comment-212 I'm surprised they were this elaborate. Would a TOR with an anonymous re-mailer and GPG drawn too much attention? The article mentions decrypted communication which either means the NSA really can crack anything or they were using poor crypto. Passing your secure laptop to an unknown contact to fix is also a tradecraft fail. I’m surprised they were this elaborate. Would a TOR with an anonymous re-mailer and GPG drawn too much attention? The article mentions decrypted communication which either means the NSA really can crack anything or they were using poor crypto.

Passing your secure laptop to an unknown contact to fix is also a tradecraft fail.

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