On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 15:27:00 -0600, Chris Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:49 am, Chris Cox wrote: > > On Saturday 05 March 2005 11:34 am, Ralph Slooten wrote: > > > Yes Chris, as well as MAC address filtering (not bulletproof, but > > > helps). Also you should not advertise your SSID (turn it off). > > > > Ok I disabled SSID Broadcast and enabled WEP. I'm not sure how to setup > > MAC address filtering but I'll look into it. I guess I just never expected > > anyone to connect to my wireless network besides me. > > MAC address filtering is also enabled. Does that mean nobody can come in my > Wireless network now? >
You're safer now, but it has been reported that sniffers can decode WEP if they scarf up enough data (it seems like a few weeks is enough). Probably a good idea (tm) not to leave your wireless powered on 24x7. -- Collins -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
