Paul Mullen wrote:
> At some point you need to compare the cost of all these security
> measures to their supposed benefit. What is the probability that
> anyone cares enough about gaining access to your network that they'd
> go to all the trouble of sniffing out the SSID, MAC addresses,
> cracking your WEP, etc.? Rather quite low, I'd bet. It may be a better
> use of your time to focus on host security instead.
>   

Probably right. For years I've counted on my router hiding my house from 
the outside world. I do have trouble getting from one machine to another 
inside the house, sometimes (XP machines talking to Linux machines) but 
I haven't put the effort into understanding all the issues involved in 
good network security.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
 

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