On Tue 06 Jan 2004 at 11:12:23, Carl Youngblood said:
> WEP is not the answer.  If you really want to lock down access to your 
> AP, only allow explicitly designated MAC addresses.  If you really want 
> secure transmissions, make sure that any time you are sending sensitive 
> information, you are connected through SSL or using ssh.  It's that 
> simple.

Either that, or force wireless users to make a VPN connection into the
network.  This

a) allows you do use a decent encryption system
b) restricts use of the WLAN to users you want.  MAC addresses are easy
to spoof.

-- 
Soren Harward
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