Re: Wireless router

jKILLSPAM.schipper_at_math.uu.nl
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: 29 Nov 2005 17:58:32 GMT

DigitalVinyl <DigitalVinyl@internet.com> wrote:
> Duane Arnold <notme@notme.com> wrote:
>
>>bassbag <bassbag@bodybags.dragon.wales> wrote in
>>news:MPG.1df5683f53bb8ece989689@news.ispserve.co.uk:
>>
>>> Im thinking of getting a belkin wireless router for my single home pc.
>>> http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/Specifications.asp?ProductID=2074
>>>
>>> Just how secure are they compared with direct connection routers if
>>> WEP is used.
>>
>>I keep hearing the WEP is easily crack able now. You want WPA.
>
> Yes, but only to people who are technically savvy enough to do this
> which eliminates 99% of the peopel who work in the IT Industry and
> therfore 99.999& of all people.
>
> WEP is less CPU intensive than WPA. The other issue is there can still
> be some incopmpatibility from different vendors with WPA. If you don't
> have a lot of visitors it isn't a problem.

> If you don't believe you have hackers next door, your security is
> relatively safe. You just want to stop casual usage of your network by
> wandering strangers. Wireless technolphiles could use a wireless
> sniffer to watch the packet-by-packet conversation. However, as a
> professional networking person, I can tell you there are precious few
> people in the industry that have any real capability of understanding
> and reading packet traces. Even less that have access and can read a
> wireless sniffer. And fewer still could crack the WEP key to try and
> join your network.
>
>
> You could use MAC filtering to prevent people from using your network.
> Some users have difficulty even managing that much-simpler router-ony
> change.
>
> It largely depends upon your comfort level with technolgoy.

I am not a computer or computer security professional, but looking up a
tool like aircrack I should be able to figure out how to perform the
attack in a couple of hours, given suitable hardware (which I'm not
interested in purchasing).

While it's always nice to be told that you are better than 99% of the
computing industry, I have some trouble believing this. Of course,
without tools, that would be true - but there are rather effective tools
out there, or so I've heard.

                Joachim

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