RE: Wireless access
From: Peter Martin (Peter.Martin_at_macquarie.com)
Date: 03/26/04
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 16:45:20 +1100 To: "Paul John Summers" <paul_john_summers@hotmail.com>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Most, if not all wireless access points and/or routers will have
built-in MAC access control. Usually very simple - just turn it on and
add the addresses you wish to allow access.
The problem is, like you said, that it is very easy to spoof a MAC
address and get around this security. However, for home users, setting
an SSID (and NOT something recognisable like "John Smith Home Internet
Share"), turning on WEP (or WPA if the devices support it) encryption
with a non-easily guessed password, and setting MAC access control;
should be more then enough for a user to feel safe.
Regards,
Peter Martin
Network Engineer
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul John Summers [mailto:paul_john_summers@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 26 March 2004 6:27 AM
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Wireless access
And addendum to that question, do any wireless routers contain tools so
that
you can block all but specific hardware addresses? That is, my home
wireless
router would block all but my hardware address, much like hard-wired
networks often require registration of hardware addresses before
allowing a
new system to access it. I do believe there are methods of spoofing
hardware
addresses but that aside, do wireless routers have capabilities for this
sort of thing that a home user could easily administer to better secure
their home network?
Disclaimer: I'm also a newbie so please forgive any misconceptions or
false
assumptions!
From: "Bruyere, Michel" <mbruyere@ezemcanada.com>
To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
Subject: Wireless access
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:36:05 -0500
Hi,
I have a user who uses a wireless network at home. He just asked
me
(it's a director) to find a way to avoid his laptop (Toshiba tecra
running
XP Pro) connecting on the neighbor's router instead of his. He has a
D-Link
614+, I don't know this model at all so I'm asking you guys if you know
a
way to restrict his laptop to only HIS router.
As you can see, I'm not very familiar with Wireless :/
Thanks for any inputs
M.Bruyere
Network/systems administrator
CompTIA A+, Network+
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