Brian, Many thanks for your help. I have ordered the stuff any way, any one trying to sniff outside the house would be extremely noticeable as I live in a dead end/cul de sac. I am aware that they could sniff from 100 yards or so but I'll have to see if I can sniff it my self with the laptop as it were from a friends house whilst it is running. All good stuff for the learning curve :-)
At 13:05 16/10/2001 -0400, you wrote: >I am considering doing the same thing at home and have done a fair bit of >research. > >What I have determined so far: > >1. Wireless is not very secure. > >2. If you are not careful on how you configure your bridge then someone >outside of your house can *easily* connect, sniff and use your network. Just >ask anyone that has done this at a trade show or airport and they can tell >you it is very easy. > >3. It sure beats pulling wires so if you can deal with points 1 and 2 then >it is worth serious consideration. > >Best regards, > >Brian >----- >Brian Monkman >Technical Program Manager, Firewall Certification >ICSA Labs >1200 Walnut Bottom Road >Carlisle PA 17013-7635 >Phone:717.241.3263 >Fax:717.243.8642 >www.icsalabs.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:03 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Wireless LAN for the Home network. > > >Hi, >Has anyone any specific do's and don'ts for a wireless LAN at home,? >I am looking at running the Buffalo Air station PCMCIA cards (2) in my sons >desktop and my laptop, and the wireless bridge with router on the main >desktop machine which is the machine with adsl coming into it. > >Currently running Win ME on the machine with ADSL on it but would consider >upgrade to/or dual boot with Win 2K. > >Usual IDS suite running ( snort, blackice defender, plus a couple of >Ateliers progs ) > > >All the best > >Alan > > > >Alan J Wright B.Sc(Hons)(Open) >SMS +47624462772. >Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >'You're a feisty little one but you'll soon learn respect' > >Return of the Jedi All the best Alan Alan J Wright B.Sc(Hons)(Open) SMS +47624462772. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'You're a feisty little one but you'll soon learn respect' Return of the Jedi
