Wireless security settings

[drew_goring]

lol. I remember being bored one night and just driving around town seeing who's wireless network I could access. I think out of the 20 or so connections I had one of the people changed their admin password from the default.

[Kenyth]

lol. I remember being bored one night and just driving around town seeing who's wireless network I could access. I think out of the 20 or so connections I had one of the people changed their admin password from the default.

Most folks have no clue, and don't care to get one either. No amount of talking is going to change things. A year or two back, our auditors were able to crack most of our passwords from the encrpted files with a simple dictionary attack. After all the talk about password security and complexity being important, most people still used simple words and names. They also liked to use the same password for everything, including their online shopping! Talk about begging to be hacked! We had to force password resets and force password complexity on the applications that supported it. Boy did folks ever get annoyed! You could hear the crying for miles!

Linksys has a new function now called SES (Secure Easy Setup). When setting up the router with the CD, it automatically sets up WPA for you if you'd like. This will only allow that one PC access, but for the end users completely ignorant of wireless security technology, it will at least allow them to have a secure network.

[tampacigargirl]

Most folks have no clue, and don't care to get one either. No amount of talking is going to change things. A year or two back, our auditors were able to crack most of our passwords from the encrpted files with a simple dictionary attack. After all the talk about password security and complexity being important, most people still used simple words and names. They also liked to use the same password for everything, including their online shopping! Talk about begging to be hacked! We had to force password resets and force password complexity on the applications that supported it. Boy did folks ever get annoyed! You could hear the crying for miles!

Linksys has a new function now called SES (Secure Easy Setup). When setting up the router with the CD, it automatically sets up WPA for you if you'd like. This will only allow that one PC access, but for the end users completely ignorant of wireless security technology, it will at least allow them to have a secure network.

My neighbor doesn't have his secured and hasn't even changed the default password on his router. I've had to manually block him to keep my laptop from connecting to his network. I usually don't use my wireless unless I'm not going to be working at my desk. I'm not paranoid, just not that lazy. I have to plug everything else in, what's one more cable. :)