[Gllug] Wireless encryption

[John G Walker]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:05:45 -0000 "Alex A. Smith MCP"
<asmith at asmhosting.com> wrote:

> >On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:38:44 +0000 (GMT) Jason Clifford
> ><jason at ukfsn.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Here encryption is the only viable protection against having your 
> >> wireless network abused by others
> >
> >What about the hardware options? I run a Netgear router which only
> >allows
> specified MAC addresses to access it >wirelessly (Is that the right
> word? My spellchecker objects to it.). Are you saying this is not
> enough?
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong - If you're not encrypting your traffic
> $person will be able to see all your traffic, as it goes between you
> and your router - this may include your MAC address (I can't remember
> if it does though). There's plenty of free tools that allow you to
> spoof your MAC  address.
> 
> Not to mention, I'd never do anything over a Un-Encrypted wireless
> connection, FTP, Un-Encrypted IMAP/POP/SMTP, not to mention that some
> sites don't use SSL for their members areas.
> 
> MAC filtering doesn't stop people sniffing your traffic nor getting
> on via other methods. Sure, it'll put most casual people off but I
> still wouldn't trust it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex
> 

Hmm, yes. You're not wrong. I maybe need to switch my brain on,

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 All the best,
 John
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