For the mechanically inclined? Hehe, well let's see, live underground, wrap
your house in concrete or paint your walls with RF-blocking paint (it
exists).
The attacks have to do with weaknesses in the way encryption algorithms are
used in the WEP standard (I'm not a math or crypto person). You can google if
you'd like more info.
Each time some new research comes out, the amount of time it takes gets
smaller, it's almost down to minutes now. A weaker key will not last as long
as a stronger key, but at this point it almost doesn't matter.
PJ
> From: rs1121@earthlink.net
> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:56:34 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost
>
> SO what should us more mechanically inclined than technically inclined
folks
> do? I thought setting up with a required key you have to enter was secure?
> How are people getting pass this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-bounces+rs1121=earthlink.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces+rs1121=earthlink.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> David Scheidt
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 9:18 AM
> To: David Hillman
> Cc: shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost
>
> On Jan 23, 2008 9:55 AM, David Hillman wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Wireless signals go a lot farther than you think. With a directional
> antenna, I can pick up -- and snoop, and use -- about a dozen wireless
> networks, all of which are at least 800 feet from the house. One of
> these, I helped set up, and I know he complains that it doesn't work
> well in the living room, yet I can use it a quarter mile away.
>
>
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