Howard, why are you using WEP? WEP is totally broken and can now be cracked within 60 seconds! Please, please, please use WPA. In this installation, if they need two wireless networks, why not just set up one with WPA encryption called "Private_Network" and another one using no encryption (on a different channel, called "Public_Network". If you're going to offer people free wifi, they won't care about cracking into another SSID that they can see. Furthermore, if you're using a good security algorithm (WPA and not WEP), then they won't be able to break into it, except for brute force and if you use a good password, that will be "virtually" impossible.
Chris On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Howard White <hwh...@vcch.com> wrote: > > JMJ wrote: > > Howard White wrote: > > > >> What was also fun was that the two different Windows XP systems acted > >> quite differently regarding their wireless property screens. Consistent > >> user interface? Fat chance! > > > > You mentioned "The director's laptop had a Dell specific utility that > > made connecting to a WAP with hidden ESSID." So, you're probably > > comparing a Windows XP default utility to a Dell proprietary utility. > > If that's the case, one can't really fault Windows. [gasp] OMG... did > > I just defend Windows? :-( Seriously though... if that's the same Dell > > utility I've used, it's quite handy. > > Spot on, Joey! The director and I picked up on that immediately and had > the other staff bring in the Toshiba that did not have said utility. We > were able to get to the Wireless network preferences screen (well > hidden, by the way) and complete the config. Could not find Wireless > network preferences on the Dell and the director suspected as much > because of the Dell utility. And around and around and around... > > > > > Let us know when you get to the "penetration testing" phase of your > > project, I'm sure a few folks would be happy to have a "crack" at it. :-) > > > > JMJ > > Care to join the Hacker Consortium Red team?? > > Howard White > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
