In the free software world you just use OpenSSH.  With ssh -X, I run my mail 
client graphically on my laptop from another machine in my network.  The 
communications are encrypted, so I don't have to worry about people sniffing 
passwords and that kind of thing.  This is far harder to crack than WEP and 
other half baked commercial junk.  I could turn off the rest of my ports, but 
I'm much less worried about people that might hang out in my bushes than I am 
about the internet in general.  The only person in range of my wifi is 
welcome to use it.  

What do you want to protect?  Your environment can make a difference.  

On Friday 27 May 2005 3:46 pm, Chopin Cusachs wrote:
>... you can now use the strongest form of Wi-Fi protection
> available without downloading third-party software.
>
> Wonder what freeware and/or open source software there would be out there
> to use with Linux or other operating systems.
>

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