SBO? -----Original Message----- From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SECURING WIFI ROUTER
Gah! It's happening again! He said this: "On 19 Feb 2009 at 15:54, Sean Rector wrote: > He's right on the money. Security through obscurity is a false > security. SSID hiding and MAC filtering is useless against the real bad guys, and the automated tools now work around those two things trivially. [devil's advocate mode] What is a password -- or a WPA2 key -- but another form of SBO? [/dma] -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+" Angus Scott-Fleming wrote: > T24gMTkgRmViIDIwMDkgYXQgMTU6NTQsIFNlYW4gUmVjdG9yICB3cm90ZToNCg0KPiBI/7RzIHJp > Z2h0IG9uIHRoZSBtb25leS4gU2VjdXJpdHkgdGhyb3VnaCBvYnNjdXJpdHkgaXMgYSBmYWxzZSBz > ZWN1cml0eS4gDQoNClNTSUQgaGlkaW5nIGFuZCBNQUMgZmlsdGVyaW5nIGlzIHVzZWxlc3MgYWdh > aW5zdCB0aGUgcmVhbCBiYWQgZ3V5cywgYW5kIHRoZSANCmF1dG9tYXRlZCB0b29scyBub3cgd29y > ayBhcm91bmQgdGhvc2UgdHdvIHRoaW5ncyB0cml2aWFsbHkuDQoNCltkZXZpbCdzIGFkdm9jYXRl > IG1vZGVdDQpXaGF0IGlzIGEgcGFzc3dvcmQgLS0gb3IgYSBXUEEyIGtleSAtLSBidXQgYW5vdGhl > ciBmb3JtIG9mIFNCTz8NClsvZG1hXQ0KDQoNCi0tDQpBbmd1cyBTY290dC1GbGVtaW5nDQpHZW9B > cHBzLCBUdWNzb24sIEFyaXpvbmENCjEtNTIwLTI5MC01MDM4DQorLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0t > LS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0rDQoNCg0KDQoNCn4gRmluYWxseSwgcG93ZXJmdWwgZW5kcG9pbnQg > c2VjdXJpdHkgdGhhdCBJU04nVCBhIHJlc291cmNlIGhvZyEgfg0KfiA8aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdW5i > ZWx0c29mdHdhcmUuY29tL0J1c2luZXNzL1ZJUFJFLUVudGVycHJpc2UvPiAgfg= > -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
