At 10:17 PM -0500 11/1/05, Tom W. wrote:
Oh thanks, take away my sense of security. I saw something about mac
filtering in the admin, but is 64 bit really that easy to beat?
That's 10 digits of numbers, I think the manual said. I know 128 bit
is better, but how easy can it really be to find a 10 digit code? It's
certainly not going to be a lucky guess. I'm not one of the people
that use love or 7777. I would be interested in hearing your take on
this, if there is real reason not to think the 64 bit is safe.
Tom
WEP is broken. They broke the first rule of encryption, there is a
consistent piece of data at the beginning of the packet...dumb.
On 11/1/05, Justin The Cynical <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, November 1, 2005 18:43, Tom W. wrote:
*snip*
> I would be disgusted to think someone was using my connection for that
> purpose, but now I am safely protected again.
> Just my two cents.
Umm, not to burst your bubble or anything, but you are not all that
protected.
WEP is fairly easy to crack, and you are using the bare minimum encryption
with a 64-bit setting.
Without going into it too deep on the list, I would use 128 bit and MAC
filtering.
> How to do that, it depends on the model of the router.
However, WEP will keep out the majority of people who simply are
looking for an available connection. Mind you those people probably
aren't trying to do anything more than get access. The ones with WEP
cracking tools are probably the ones trying to hack into your
machines.
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Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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