Protected WLAN

[James McKenzie]

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Steve Searle <steve at stevesearle.com> wrote:
> Around 07:16pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 (UK time), JD scrawled:
>
>> 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.
>
> Because someone with the knowhow to make antenna like this and hack your
> wireless password would have no idea how to spoof mac addresses?
>
If they are that technologically advanced?  I can BUY one over the
Internet.  Some computers even have an external connection.  However,
what we are suggesting is only to bar and lock the front door.  If I'm
determined, I'm on your network.  However, if you live in the 'big
city' you are going to find hundreds of unsecured wireless
connections, or poorly secured ones.  If I'm out in the woods, the
pickings are slim and you just might want to take the effort to break
in.  Same if you have valuable data.  TJX learned the lessons of not
securing their network AND having valuable data.

James McKenzie


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