Re: To WEP or not to WEP (WiFi)

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Author: Donn Shumway
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: To WEP or not to WEP (WiFi)
I agree with Craig. From my house, I can connect to two completely
unprotected Wireless routers, and mine does not broadcast, so you'd
have to know it was there, and then specifically target mine when
there are two ducks present. This is generally, pretty unlikely.

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:12:46 -0700, Craig White <> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 14:55 -0700, wrote:
> > The address is hard coded and assigned by the hardware manufacturare. However
> > it does not prevent you from doing a "Soft" change via the OS or a
> > "Hard" change by reprograming the EEProm on the card.
> ---
> all in all though, for 'home' use, I have felt that restricting by MAC
> addresses and WEP is sufficient.
>
> It all depends upon how motivated someone is to break into your
> information.
>
> If you worry about your child pornography collection, you have to worry
> about everything I would imagine.
>
> Craig


--
Donn
"Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing anger."
--Richard North Patterson
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