Hi,
At last check Apple still supported 40 and 128
bit WEP as well as WPA2 Personal and Enterprise.
The enterprise version requiring a full
authentication server that goes far beyond my
level of paranoia. (Did you just hear that?)
However, I don't have the newer 802.11nor
timecapsule versions. But even if I did, some
of my wireless clients can't support the newer
encryption standards (thank you TiVo).
Can't comment on the missing brain part. Haven't
seen any unclaimed ones around here....
Best,
Scott
.
lol! Shame on me! I totally knew that too!
and my brain was just somewhere else! lol!
Thanks for bringing this up, and as a
question, what level of encryption does the time
capsule / Airport Extreme support? I'm assuming
it's some flavor of wpa at this point, or has it
changed since I last purchased a router / access
point, last year?
Thanks and have an awesome day!
Smiles,
Cara :)
On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Scott Bresnahan wrote:
Hi,
Right on, NAT is a poor man's firewall.
However, there is a little confusion about a
firewall vs. wireless security.
A firewall controls access to your local
network from the outside internet. This is not
the same as wireless security. Wireless
security contrls who can plug into yourlocal
network from your wireless access point. It is
like controlling who can plug into your
physical ethernet ports.
So, wireless security protects against the
evil drive-by=hacker from seeing your local
resources liek share points, printers etc, as
well as sniffing your wireless network traffic.
And the firewall controls the inbound and
outbound traffic between your little network
and the rest of the internet world.
Most people need both levels of protection.
--Scott
No, you're talking about the software
supported by the router, and you're right
about that, but in a sense there is protection
with any router as just oPposed to a modem
because of NAT.
On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:34 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
true but they are often disabled.
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ll routers have a firewall built in to them.
On 17-Mar-08, at 8:21 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
but if you took it on the road, I guess the router has a firewall
behind
which the disk sits.
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Hi Cara,
out of curiosity, does your time capsule have a firewall?S I'm
assuming it does, but was wondering about security with a drive sort
of sitting out there open as it were. I.E. it seems like someone
WarWalking / driving, could have a field day with your data if it
wasn't behind a FW.
TK: That they sure could. Yes, it is behind a firewall although it
can be made accessible from the outside if I so choose.
Top of the evenin' to ya m'lady.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
Dennis Bartlett
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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