It's almost as trivial to configure WEP security on a router as it is to crack
it these days. Or as trivial as changing the default password on the router -
which I'm assuming you've done in order to feel as safe as you do.
I hear what you're saying. But tell the truth, have we all verified from each
of our neighbors houses that they cannot access your router? With a normal
network card or router, it may not be likely if you have a large property, but
there are relatively easy ways to amplify these signals as we're seeing with
home-made antennas...
Do you want to be the low-hanging fruit running an open network, while your
neighbors are all running some level of security?
I feel it's as basic to mention it as putting on your seatbelt, but then again
it's a big part of what I do for a living and I don't live on property the
size of a farm. I hope I didn't sound like I was preaching.
PJ
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:55:33 -0500
> From: hillman@planet-torque.com
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost
>
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, PJ McGarvey wrote:
>> And while we're briefly on the topic of wireless networks getting hacked,
>> nobody should be using WEP encryption anymore, attacks have come out in
the
>> last year or so that are making it almost trivial to break.
>
> This is a pet peeve of mine, and it's ironic you mention it in a
> thread about signal boosting.
>
> Many, if not most, of the people on this list appear to have
> significant chunks of property. If your wireless signal doesn't extend
> beyond your house, nevermind off your property, is there really a huge
> risk to using light-duty security? No.
>
> If you live in an apartment building, yeah, lock it down.
>
> --
> David Hillman
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