got wireless at home ?

[rh71]

New standard + WEP ain't as safe as advertised --> http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0112wlansecurity.html?nl

 

[JackMDS]

Yap I am in a process of eliminating my Wireless, and my Network. I probably will go back to old Radio Shack Intercom units, works great and No One can brake in.

Wonder what to do with my car alarm, home security system and so on.

May be being a Monkey on a tree the way it was Millions of years ago is the best.

Edit I forgot this: Wireless Security for the Home User.

 

[n0cmonkey]

There are technologies out there that can make it safer, most people ignore them or think they are too tough to setup.

 

[wjsulliv]

A) There is no such thing as secure.
B) 40 years ago the inventor of 32 bit encyption said it couldn't be cracked and for all practical purposes he was correct. It took 30+ years and networks of computers 20 times faster than when the statement was made to crack the encryption. However, at that point we had moved to 128 bit encryption.

The problem isn't your neighbors or some random person going through your neighborhood hacking your wireless connection to get into your computer and personal files (especially in your home, in your office it is more likely).

If you rename your network, turn on encyption, and turn off broadcast ssid you are more likely to get hacked by an always on dsl connection than your wireless.

 

[buleyb]

You can secure it, and the article is correct, not all routers/clients make WPA secure. The big thing to watch out for in WPA approved hardware is an AES engine in hardware. The WPA spec calls for AES to be used only if hardware exists, otherwise TKIP will be used. TKIP is a better key exchange protocol, but it still uses the RC4 encryption stream from the WEP engine (read, RC4 = security hazard).

Using AES with your WPA hardware, and having AES/WPA hardware for every node of your wireless network is the first step. Next, pick a good AES key, turn off SSID broadcasting, filter by known MAC addresses only, and limit your power output to the network size you intend to use, amoung other security enhancements. wjsulliv is right, you'll never be secure, but you can do a good job as keeping the common hacker out of your network.

 

[Dogma420]

Use VPN, without it, (even with it) it's vulnerable.

 

[buleyb]

true, but remember, NOTHING IS PROVEN SECURE