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Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder (Turn on your router's encryption, people!)
St. Petersburg Times ^
| July 4, 2005
| Alex Leary
Posted on 07/05/2005 11:21:25 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War
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By the way, WEP encryption is so lame as to be almost totally useless. Turn on WPA encryption instead.
To: Dont Mention the War
It sounds like this guy was stealing bandwidth. The setting that would have prevented that is access control, not encryption.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:30:36 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: Dont Mention the War
Use WPA, MAC address authentication access, and don't broadcast your SSID.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:30:42 PM PDT
by
agitator
(...And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark)
To: HAL9000
If you have a wireless network, and its not encrypted, you're just plain loopy. Might as well leave your front door open and post a large neon sign on your roof for all burglars: "This way to an easy entrance"...
To: HAL9000
Could be a way terrorist might use to access the Internet. Can you imagine what would happen if Eschalon caught him using such terms as "nuke attack" on your wireless connection? Within 30 minutes you would be hearing loud knocking sounds on your front door.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:42:14 PM PDT
by
ex-Texan
(Mathew 7:1 through 6)
To: MrsEmmaPeel
As I sit here now I see three other wireless networks. Of the three only one has security enabled.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:44:00 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: agitator
I secured my wireless router with a password about a month ago. However, how do you do the WPA, and the SSID?
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:44:02 PM PDT
by
Sprite518
To: South40
It is the same in my area.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:44:45 PM PDT
by
Sprite518
To: Sprite518
What type (brand) of router do you have?
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:50:10 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: South40
As I sit here now I see three other wireless networks. Sigh. Wonder if these people leave the keys in their unattended car with the engine running while performing an errand?
To: South40
Linksys
To: Dont Mention the War
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:52:56 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Can't afford Medical care? Thank an illegal alien.)
To: MrsEmmaPeel
Sigh. Wonder if these people leave the keys in their unattended car with the engine running while performing an errand? Probably. And when someone steals that car and uses it in the commission of a crime the police will come knocking on the car owner's door.
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posted on
07/05/2005 11:52:58 PM PDT
by
South40
(Amnesty for ILLEGALS is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: Sprite518
whatever you do don't transmit or advertise your SSID
To: Dont Mention the War
"A more recent threat to emerge is the "evil twin" attack. A person with a wireless-equipped laptop can show up at, say, a coffee shop or airport and overpower the local Wi-Fi hotspot. The person then eavesdrops on unsuspecting computer users who connect to the bogus network."
Actually it's a "man in the middle" attack.
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posted on
07/06/2005 12:21:44 AM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: ex-Texan
Is echelon a real thing? or is that something they made up for Alias?
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posted on
07/06/2005 12:27:32 AM PDT
by
SDGOP
To: MrsEmmaPeel
If you have a wireless network, and its not encrypted, you're just plain loopy. Especially if you're running Windows.
I'm in a rural area on an 2.5 mile unencrypted WISP, so WAP, WEP, etc. are essentially useless for my type of connection. But I do use an encrypted VPNs and SSL tunnelling for some connections - and I'm on a Mac, so I'm not too worried about getting hacked.
The reality is that the traffic coming over the wire is more dangerous than the war drivers.
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posted on
07/06/2005 12:35:38 AM PDT
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: adam_az
and then he steals all the porn from your shared folder!!!
To: MrsEmmaPeel
I wonder how many people realize who is listening to their cell phone conversations.
And no, I'm not talking about the Gov.
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posted on
07/06/2005 12:39:59 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: agitator
Bump for more info - I've got a DLINK DI-624 - Ideally I'd like it to ONLY respond to two IP addresses - with no encryption (slower) - Is this possible? Help!
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posted on
07/06/2005 12:43:30 AM PDT
by
Tunehead54
(In honor of our bravest in armed service to our nation.)
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