Steven, Way off???? Hmmm....the only thing I indeed forgot to mention is the directional antenna-danger, but to say I'm way off...that's a strong statement.
First of all let me clarify myself. My final comment, "Again, which solution to go for depends on your security needs and how much you're willing to spend." basically says it all. As much as we techies would love to be in the ideal networking world where everything came free, this is NOT reality. Networking is here to support business and not the other way around. If in this case the signal stays within the building and our friend is the only one with a wireless card, basic WEP and access-control are all you need. There is no business need or potential risk whatsoever to justify purchasing expensive VPN-equipment. Again, you are right about the directional antenna danger, but if the AP is placed on the 48th floor of a building withouth any adjacent buildings even those won't help you too much. So you're right about WEP not being safe, I never claimed it to be safe. WEP does exactly what it's designed to do, namely provide minimum level security to get the efforts off getting on a Wireless network about as high as the efforts to get on a wired network. The rule that additonal security is required applies to both the wired as the wireless network. To summarise: ideally you would use all the security measures available to secure your wireless network. In reality you decide what measures to take based upon business needs (i.e. what costs are justifyable). Rgds, R Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44214&t=44152 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
