[dba-Tech] Wireless security

Hi John

Only did it once and turned it now of because my box resets each time
with some heavy trafic. Seems to be a common problem with my box.

Basicly you would need to enter a WEP shared key in to your router.
WEP encypion is build in the driver of your card or os.
When connectiog it will refuse because it does not have the shared key.
I supose at that moment you can enter the shared key. 
>From then on your data is encrypted.

Please not that encryption will decrease the connection speed for real
data, depending on the brand/box.

But it is indeed so that if you do not encrypt a protocol analyser can
read any data. 
But that is also true for every LAN, WAN and Internet.
Ofcourse wireless is a bit easier to to connect to because you don't
need to tap in to a cable...

Erwin


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Van: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] Namens John Colby
Verzonden: dinsdag 4 november 2003 1:57
Aan: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Onderwerp: [dba-Tech] Wireless security


OK, so now that we have all the exspurts here, let's have a discussion
on wireless security.  I just got my wireless network up and running.  I
think I have tightened things up a little bit by not broadcasting my
SSID and limiting access to a single MAC address, the card in my laptop.
The issue though is that AFAIK the data still is being broadcast in the
clear.

I was reading an article where using a new program just released, a
hacker could sit and monitor all traffic out of a computer without ever
having to transmit anything.  Just listen.  Doing so allows them to
eventually (and it only takes a matter of hours) crack the WEP
encryption, and WEP is all that the wireless router I am using provides.

The question then is, can Win2K Pro transmit / receive ALL network
traffic encrypted using more secure built-in encryption stuff?  Is
anyone doing this?

Also, even though WEP is less that secure, the recommendation is still
to use it since it keeps the script kiddies at bay.  But I haven't
figured even that much out.  My wifi router and notebook card are by
different companies and don't use the same terms etc in their software.
Is there anyone on this list familiar enough with that stuff to assist
me in getting WEP encryption turned on?

TIA

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com


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