wireless security / alert ?

**p38arover** · 28th March 2007, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by Bytemrk

Don't simply rely on WEP encryption..... anyone that can drive google and has half an iterest should be able to crack WEP in minutes.

I haven't been able to.

Everything I've seen requires Linux or a Mac to crack WEP.

Can you point me to some sites tell me how?

Ron

**abaddonxi** · 28th March 2007, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I haven't been able to.

Everything I've seen requires Linux or a Mac to crack WEP.

Can you point me to some sites tell me how?

Ron

Why do you want to crack wep?

Cheers
Simon

**p38arover** · 28th March 2007, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Why do you want to crack wep?

Don't ask.

Actually more for the challenge than anything nefarious.

Ron

**incisor** · 28th March 2007, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I haven't been able to.

Everything I've seen requires Linux or a Mac to crack WEP.

Can you point me to some sites tell me how?

Ron

you can do it under windoes ce , mobile 5 and xp etc etc

i listed a web site with a heap of this gear on it once before so it should be in the archives..

i dont have my little blackbook of links on me at the moment..

PPS airopeek comes to mind and it runs under windows... but my memory is crap...

**HangOver** · 28th March 2007, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Don't ask.

Actually more for the challenge than anything nefarious.

Ron

check out AirSnort & Netstumbler

But..........
I do remember someone once saying to me "If you don't know how, maybe you shouldn't be doing it" and "wireless is a two way street"

Maybe he was being condescending but it makes you think

**p38arover** · 28th March 2007, 04:31 PM

Yeah, I can't get NetStumbler to work on my iPaq.

I also looked at Airsnort but it doesn't support my laptop wireless.

Ron

**shorty943** · 29th March 2007, 01:26 PM

I agree totally with Bytemark. Ditch the wireless, and disable it in the router. And please change the admin password for your router as well. ZDnet, Cnet, etc all report far to many security problems with wireless networking. It may be all the buzz, but, if you are a home user, like myself, the depth of security you need to go to for wireless is no fun at all.
My system is wired from router to a network hub, then wired out to the system from there. My router also has port scan reporting, so it tells me if someone is trying to knock on my door. With the internal IP tables firewalling, and all incoming ports blocked, I am as secure as a home user can be, for the time being at least.

Shorty

**incisor** · 29th March 2007, 02:01 PM

hide the ssid and and use wpa and delete the bank of englands records from your pc... :P

if anyone does attempt to get to your wireless link it is only going to be so they can get some free bandwidth not read your latest sensational dairy entry..

and by the time you firewall all the ports you think they can grab you on you may as well not be on the internet..

paranoia is a marvellous thing.......

**shorty943** · 29th March 2007, 02:11 PM

Who said I am paranoid? I am just cautious is all.

Shorty.

Dante · 29th March 2007, 02:19 PM

I have implemented some of the above, but the only thing which gives me piece of mind is VPN.

Anybody connecting to my network via wireless or wired gets its into a 'DMZ subnet'. From there nothing can be done. In order to access the actual network (which then includes the other machines and internet) the users need to VPN. As VPN established a secure protocol from the start (even before authenticating) cracking the authentication is nearly impossible.

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