Re: reliable wifi manager for gnome
On Mon, 28 May 2007 09:42:32 -0500
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 05/28/07 04:12, Jose Rodriguez wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > As far as I know--which is not much, in any case--the cosmetic
> > protections like hiding the essid, MAC filtering and changing the
> > default WEP password are utterly useless. Setting up WAP is the way to
> > go, although at least one of its flavours is prone to dictionary attacks.
>
> s/WAP/WPA/
>
Once I solve the connection issue I'll improve on the security, there is also
mac filtering in the firewall although I don't count on that as that can be
fakes easily also.
> > Having said this, I didn't bother to properly secure my own home network
> > yet. If somebody wants to check a couple of e-mails using it just be it.
>
> Would you leave your door open so anyone can come in at any hour of
> the day and pee in your toilet or watch your movies?
>
Actually I do ;-) the perks of country life ...
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