Ben Sandee;272834 Wrote: > > Dean's made it perfectly clear that if someone is interested in > security > then they should just get a $50 (or less) router. It's a pragmatic > solution > to a nearly non-existent problem. If you're concerned about it I'll > mail > you an old router just so that the thread can die. >
Hold on, so what happens if you *do* use a router? When I got my beta receiver, my controller was already setup to use my wpa protected wireless access point, I then configured the SBR wirelessly (the only option possible at the time). The setup went very smooth, but I most seriously suspect the Controller sent an unencrypted UDAP packet containing my existing WPA key (without me even having to enter it) over that same ad hoc connection in the process. So a wireless router is no solution to this problem at all in fact it makes the problem even bigger. I agree with gharris that the risks while running ad-hoc are minimal. Thankfully, I'm not that paranoid, but suppose my neighbour had been monitoring unencrypted local networks he could've picked up my highly secure and jealously guarded WPA key. For the very paranoid, I'd advise the use of Robin's wired setup utility, that is if you trust him not to have added a little "phone WPA key home" routine somewhere ;) I fail to understand why a thread like this must 'die'. It's interesting enough to me. Regards, Peter -- Peter3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6024 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43581 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
