Re: Secure wireless connection
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:02:59PM +0200, Michael S wrote:
> But there are words that even WPA, which is a kind of a successor of the
> insecure WEP standard, is not really secure.
Well, Shared-Key WPA generates a shared key based on a
password. So the key is only as secure as the password is.
I've read that they recommend using a password that's at
least 20 characters long. If you can do that, you're
probably okay.
However, I might also suggest that using a password to
protect your bandwidth is bad neighborliness. When I go out
and about with my laptop, I expect others to leave open
their wireless for me, and I return the favor with my own
router. I'm not terribly concerned about others breaking
into my network, because I've got a secure OS standing
guard.
For a discussion on this subject, see here:
http://laniels.org/weblog/tech/wep_wpa_etc.html
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