I second the warning about using WPA over WEP. Thankfully most broadband provided routers these days seem to come with WPA encryption as standard, but only a few years ago WEP was very common... I assume so that providers could advertise their routers as being "secure" while saving costs on training their support staff on having to help really old devices to connect. Nowadays there isn't a single WEP network within range of me.
BT Homehubs were WEP by default, and very prevalent until recently, and that was the source of my internet access for about a year and a half before I moved into my current flat and got a phone line of my own. The article is correct, it really can take as little as 7 minutes to decrypt WEP keys. On 11 October 2010 09:40, <[email protected]> wrote: > I subscribe to "Basics4Mac – Daily Mac Tips" and today's tip looks rather > alarming. I thought it might be of interest to some of the Group. Gilly > > Basics4Mac - Importatnt Warning About Default Internet > Setup<http://basics4mac.com/article.php/modem_defaults?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4cb2cd8e9553f42f,0> > > ------------------------------ > > This message was sent by [email protected] via > Basics4Mac<http://www.basics4mac.com> > . > > Basics4Mac - Mac Tips and Live Help > > For anyone who wants to learn more about using their Mac > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <smug%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
