On 05/17/11 11:08, James McKenzie wrote:
2011/5/17 Misha Shnurapetshnurapet@fedoraproject.org:
18.05.2011, 02:11, "James McKenzie"jjmckenzie51@gmail.com:
The next step is MAC restricting and a lot more. However, just employing security and hidden SSID is a great start. Most people do not do this.
I won't use a whitelist filter so I don't get locked out on a coincidence, plus my neighbours aren't into that level of computer science and I believe they're beyond the distance.
Beer can antenna at 1/4 of a mile works. Leo Leparte showed how to do this. He lived on a farm property near Tracy California, United States and was using this to relay from the house to the barn. Interesting bit of science.
James McKenzie
Right. Also, it is not necessarily "neighbours" that are adjacent you your house or a few houses down. Someone can park a car not far from your house, and using the type of home-made antenna James mentioned, they can hack your network. I would strongly encourage you to use MAC address whitelist.