I don't really worry about wireless security - I just isolate one computer on the network and ues it for important transactions, etc. Since this is too easy, I know there's an issue - point it out please :-)
On 9/22/05, Rod Engelsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple other notes on this subject for general consumption... > > 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. > > > > > Public hot-zones are inherently unsafe because they are, by definition, > open and public. There's no authentication or encryption. Private > hot-zones -- the kind you pay for, or internal corporate networks -- CAN > be made very secure if the administrators care to take the trouble. > > > >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. > > > > > This ain't the old days. The technology has improved to the point where > brute-force hacking attacks are simply not worth the trouble outside of > spy-vs-spy stuff. Social engineering is the most common and effective > means to compromise security. > > >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. > > > > > Actually, the technology has taken care of most of that. Old cell phones > were analog -- essentially an FM radio transmitter/receiver. New cell > phones communicate digitally using Code Division Multiplexing. The > signal is scrambled and then encoded so that it is smeared over a range > of frequencies and actually below the noise level. The phone companies > and the CIA have technology to hack into it, but it's expensive. > > >So what I am saying is, be very careful when using wireless, you donot know > >who > >can receive it. > > > >Chris > > > > > > > > > 1. Reset your SSID to something other than the default. Use something > like the Mozilla Secure Password Generator extension to create a nice > random SSID 32 characters long (the maximum), mixed case letters, > digits, and punctuation. > > 2. Disable the SSID broadcast (it should be disabled by default). > > 3. Reset the channel to something other than the default (usually 6). > > 4. Enable WPA Pre-shared Key. Once again, construct a nice random key up > to 63 characters in length. > > 5. Enable MAC address filtering. The MAC address is hard-wired into all > network products and the filtering will only allow those devices that > you designate to access your network. > > Is this 100% absolutely secure? No. But it's damn close. And you've now > made it hard enough for someone to hack your wireless network that the > bad guys are just going to move on to find an easier target. > > Rod > -- -hackmiester
