> We talked about that at the clinic and ruled it out as a false sense of > security since someone with the right equipment could observe what MAC > addresses are being used and spoof one of them.
I worked in Network Security for a few years and here's a few things to keep in mind. 1. Security, wireless or otherwise, is best in layers. 2. What is it that your trying to protect and is it worth someone going through the effort of trying to steal and potentially getting caught? If it's Files on your home computer, run firewall software. If it's internet communications, I'd be more concerned about Browser and OS security then someone connecting a Sniffer to your wireless network and capturing a username/password. Very time intensive and not easily done. If it's files, secure the computer with a good software firewall. 3. The sale of network security software, appliances, consulting services is largely based on fear mongering. There are only a very few people who possess the skills and drive of people like Dan Farmer and Kevin Mitnick. And most of those people are after much bigger fish. The rest are lazy people who use scripts to exploit known vulnerabilities. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
