Agreed that is why I am glad I live outside the city for the most part. All of my garage clients live in developments so anyone cracking the network will know before they start it is a home. That is not an excuse just the facts.
Jon On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:22 AM, <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you live in a rural environment, it might not be that much of an issue, > but in a city/suburban environment, I see attacks against WEP security > several times a month. > > Remember, they're not going to be sure it's a home network until *after* > they've broken in. And that assumes a manual attack rather than an automated > one. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ------------------------------ > *From*: Jeff Brown <2jbr...@gmail.com> > *Date*: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:46:41 -0500 > *To*: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > *Subject*: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute > > Seriously, what are the odds someone in your neighborhood is lurking around > with the technology/desire to break into your home network?ÿ I've seen guys > post the "my daughter could do it" response, but really, where do you people > live that you are that paranoid about your home network? I am NOT > suggesting that you leave it open, but I'll be shocked if someone doesn't > suggest that you run out and buy a new router so you'll be "safe"ÿÿ I'm just > wondering, safe from whom? > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Lee Douglas <lee.doug...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> My home network is on an old D-Link DIR-635 (latest firmware but it hit >> end of life in 2007!) which only supports WPA personal and WPA Enterprise - >> but it only supports WPA Enterprise via a Radius Server. It's fast enough >> and works fine so i'm reluctant to trash it unless I have to. >> >> I have Windows Home Server, and several XP Pro computers. >> >> My question - should I set up a radius server - does a radius server and >> WPA Enterprise offer enough additional protection to be worth the hassle of >> setting up a Radius Serverÿÿ on my Windows Home Server box or go out an buy >> a newer router? >> >> If a newer router, any recommendations? >> >> TIA! >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Sam Cayze <sam.ca...@rollouts.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090827/tc_pcworld/newattackcrackscommonwifiencryptioninaminute >>> >>> Summarÿÿ Use WPA2 and AES. Get off WPA and TKIP if you are still using >>> them. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
