Chris BONDE wrote:
I am a little reticent in using wireless.
There has been reported cases were WiFi has been set up in a hot zone. Then a
bandit captures all the important info, hence steals your ID.
In the old days there were reported cases of capturing the print out signals al
producing cheques and cashing before the real ones were distributed.
The US Congress passed a law that no receiver could receive cell phones (cell
phone blocked etc), but that does not stop those who so want to.
So what I am saying is, be very careful when using wireless, you donot know who
can receive it.
Chris
I'm well aware of the risks. By the end of the year I'll be Cisco
certified in network security. Which isn't to say that I know everything
and I'm invulnerable but where I am -- single family home in a small
Kansas town -- and knowing my neighbors, I'm not terribly concerned that
anyone will be making a determined effort to hack my AP. Casual and
accidental snooping are my biggest concerns. Besides, who wants to run
ethernet cable in a rented house?
Now if I still lived in that apartment building on the North Side of
Chicago it would be a different story...
Rod
