Re: How to secure access to WLAN?
On Tue, 2003-10-07 at 13:57, Mariano Kamp wrote:
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> (Un)fortunately I also have a wlan access point plugged on to the inside
> interface. I am currently using WEP128 with shared keys on a netgear 802.11/g
> access point to encrypt the traffic.
> I am running a wide range of protocols from different devices though the
> access point. Some devices, like my palm tungsten c, do know about vpns, some
> computers like the notebooks friends bring over don't (at least not yet). If I
> can't get the latter solved, that would be acceptable to me. Still I would
> appreciate having a solution for that too. As I am with it, I also hate to
> give
> away the WEP encryption keys to my visitors. This is not so much a matter of
> lack of trust, but it doesn't feel the right way to me.
>
> From what I've read so far this is pretty unsafe (the WEP part).
>
> Sniffing through a couple of messages I got the feeling that setting up a
> vpn would be the solution to at least my major concern, getting rid of WEP.
>
> Would this be the right approach?
I have seen a number of solutions, but one that seemed relatively
straightforward and interoperable was one that I saw using pppoe and
pptp to secure the connection. you can then enable/disable a guest
account to allow friends to connect. IPSec is another good option, but
it means patching your kernel...
> Did anybody do this and cares to share the experience made?
I haven't had the need, all my services are ssl-enabled
-Mark
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