Subj : Re: For Trouble re Home Network Security
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 20:26:01

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> Nick wrote:
> 
>> TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote:
>  
>>> Cut/altered a little from my original post --
> 
>>> My router is the Airport Extreme Base Station.  I have the wireless
>>> network closed, encrypted (only WEP though, not WPA) plus have the
>>> OSX software firewall on in my laptop.  So I assume my laptop is
>>> relatively safe. 
> 
>> As for the wireless settings, you should be fine with a wep key. 
>> Anyone trying to get in would have to be within 150 feet of your 
>> airport and then they would also need to know the wep key to gain
>> access. 
> 
> If they are within 150 feet they can sniff enough packets to brute
> force the WEP key, and guess the SSID. They'd also be able to
> determine the MAC address of the card allowed in, and could spoof the
> MAC address of their card to be allowed in once they got the WEP and
> the SSID. 
> 
> However that is usually a determined attacker, MAC, WEP, and
> non-bcast SSID will keep joyriders, and wardrivers off the network. 


Yeah, I am really talking about your Joe with a computer.
Even a determined hacker is gonna need to be within 150 feet.
I have noticed an open network near me and I have my broadcast id turned 
off so I am not the least worried about someone trying to get into my 
network since there is one freely available.

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