The problem is a lot of clients STILL don't support WPA, even the latest generations of iPAQ don't feature it. A secure AP that none of your clients can connect to is pointless. :-(
On a side note (just watching some old Ally McBeals at work :-) how is it that even though selling stuff is legal, and sex between consenting adults is legal, why is selling sex to a consenting adult against the law? -- Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 November 2004 13:39 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wireless Networks > > James Smith wrote: > > It is worth noting however that even secured wireless > connections are > > far from secure, a trained monkey with a laptop and a copy > of airsnort > > can access almost every wireless LAN in the world. > > To secure old Linksys APs you have to hook them to a RADIUS > server and configure them to use 802.1x. Next set the RADISU > server to use EAP-TLS (EAP-TTLS is OK too), a 128 bit key, > TKIP and MIC and you are in business. This is essentially > WPA, but with a 128 bit rotating WEP key instead of AES. > > But IIRC the new Linksys WRT54G does already support WPA, so > you can use that (just don't use a pre-shared key, it is just > as unsafe as a 48 bit WEP key is). > > Jochem > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135887 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
