Comments on: How to secure your wireless home network http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/ Common questions, simple answers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:02:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Some Guy http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Some Guy Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:35:55 +0000 http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/#comment-202 Several of these recommendations are actually not very helpful, disabling SSID broadcast will only deter the curious and lazy, network scanners such as aircrack-ng or netstumbler will still see the BSSID and, if they catch a client re-authenticating(which can be easily arranged by sending a victim client a de-auth packet to force re-authentication), can recover the SSID as well. MAC addresses can also be monitored and spoofed, again offering no real security against an actual attack. At best, these recommendations will deter a lazy opportunist. Using the latest firmware, a strong admin password, and WPA2 (WPA1 has been cracked previously) are all good ideas and should be followed by everyone though. Several of these recommendations are actually not very helpful, disabling SSID broadcast will only deter the curious and lazy, network scanners such as aircrack-ng or netstumbler will still see the BSSID and, if they catch a client re-authenticating(which can be easily arranged by sending a victim client a de-auth packet to force re-authentication), can recover the SSID as well. MAC addresses can also be monitored and spoofed, again offering no real security against an actual attack. At best, these recommendations will deter a lazy opportunist. Using the latest firmware, a strong admin password, and WPA2 (WPA1 has been cracked previously) are all good ideas and should be followed by everyone though.

]]> By: Computers Network Atlanta http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Computers Network Atlanta Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:45:45 +0000 http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/#comment-201 <strong>The Computer Consulting Business: Selling the Network as an Investment</strong> Most small business owners equate expenses with overhead items and capital expenditures such as buying a PC, notebook, printer, modem or version upgrade to Microsoft Office XP. These kind of small business owners often desperately need your computer co... The Computer Consulting Business: Selling the Network as an Investment

Most small business owners equate expenses with overhead items and capital expenditures such as buying a PC, notebook, printer, modem or version upgrade to Microsoft Office XP. These kind of small business owners often desperately need your computer co…

]]> By: Roberto http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Roberto Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:59:05 +0000 http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/#comment-200 when your computer says "limited or not conectivity" but you have a gateway? and i looking in controlpanel/network and internet conections/network conections but the wireless conection its not there? how can i create if not apper the create a new conection wizard? when your computer says “limited or not conectivity” but you have a gateway? and i looking in controlpanel/network and internet conections/network conections but the wireless conection its not there? how can i create if not apper the create a new conection wizard?

]]> By: Roundup: The Under-appreciated Posts - Simplehelp http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Roundup: The Under-appreciated Posts - Simplehelp Fri, 25 May 2007 01:37:00 +0000 http://www.simplehelp.net/2006/07/06/how-to-secure-your-wireless-home-network/#comment-199 [...] How to get promoted - the call center/tech support version How to get tickets for any Ticketmaster event Does your ISP offer free security software? 5 steps to securing your wireless network How to share a keyboard and mouse with multiple computers 5 quick tips to speed up your PC’s performance [...] [...] How to get promoted – the call center/tech support version How to get tickets for any Ticketmaster event Does your ISP offer free security software? 5 steps to securing your wireless network How to share a keyboard and mouse with multiple computers 5 quick tips to speed up your PC’s performance [...]

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