True not everyone needs Fort Knox, but I just wanted make sure you didn't believe that WEP is secure. That's been my mantra the past month - to inform people to the dangers of relying on WEP.
""C restion"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Steven, > > Way off???? Hmmm....the only thing I indeed forgot to mention is the > directional antenna-danger, but to say I'm way off...that's a strong > statement. > > First of all let me clarify myself. My final comment, "Again, which solution > to go for depends on your security needs and how much you're willing to > spend." basically says it all. As much as we techies would love to be in the > ideal networking world where everything came free, this is NOT reality. > Networking is here to support business and not the other way around. > > If in this case the signal stays within the building and our friend is the > only one with a wireless card, basic WEP and access-control are all you > need. There is no business need or potential risk whatsoever to justify > purchasing expensive VPN-equipment. Again, you are right about the > directional antenna danger, but if the AP is placed on the 48th floor of a > building withouth any adjacent buildings even those won't help you too much. > > So you're right about WEP not being safe, I never claimed it to be safe. WEP > does exactly what it's designed to do, namely provide minimum level security > to get the efforts off getting on a Wireless network about as high as the > efforts to get on a wired network. The rule that additonal security is > required applies to both the wired as the wireless network. > > To summarise: ideally you would use all the security measures available to > secure your wireless network. In reality you decide what measures to take > based upon business needs (i.e. what costs are justifyable). > > Rgds, > R Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44221&t=44152 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
