Originally Posted by
LungJian
Does anyone really care to packet-sniff your porno downloads or emails to your mother? My main concerns are neighbors jumping on my wireless for free (intentionally or not) and sucking up my bandwidth. If I see duplicate entries for one MAC address, I'll tighten up security. Sounds like I'm already ahead of the game with MAC filtering. AND... I never use the default password!
Well, you certainly are one step ahead by doing anything at all, but the main point here isn't, "Does someone want to?". It's, "If someone does.". Of course any deterrent is better than none and even the weakest deterrent is good enough for the casual passer-by. As far as packet sniffing goes, you bet hackers will sniff packets. They don't have to run through them by hand. They have software to analyse the gathered data. It doesn't take much time and effort at all if you know what you're doing and have the correct tools. If people will sniff packets just to break WEP keys and use your wireless for fun, they'll clone your MAC and IP too.
"some people are like slinkies, they're not really good for anything but they can bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs." –Unknown
"He did for bullshit what Stonehenge did for rocks." -Cecil Adams
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks