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Subject:
Wireless Security
Category: Computers > Security Asked by: bigsticks-ga List Price: $7.00 |
Posted:
07 Jan 2005 09:39 PST
Expires: 06 Feb 2005 09:39 PST Question ID: 453632 |
I have a motorola SBG900 wireless modem/gateway. When I tried setting up WEP encryption I had trouble connecting to the internet. Therefore, in an attempt to set up some type of security, I set it up to 'only allow access to listed stations', thereby only allowing access to my own pcs/laptops. Now when I'm online I get windows messages saying things like 'you are connected to an unsecured/unencrypted network' or something like that. My question: is my network vulnerable to attack? Since I only allow access based on mac address that I have given permission to, is there any reason I need to add encryption? This should stop hackers from getting into the network, right? Can a hacker still intercept the data being sent from my pc to my modem? I do have the firewall that came with the modem set to 'medium' security. |
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Subject:
Re: Wireless Security
From: gopman-ga on 07 Jan 2005 18:06 PST |
There are two problems: First, as you apparently guessed, anyone can watch all of the wireless traffic on your network. They can capture passwords when you login to any site which doesn't use SSL (HTTPS). Another big problem is that the MAC address of a wireless device can be changed, so anyone who wants to get on your network can change their MAC address to your PC's MAC address. Whenever you're not on, they can connect freely. |
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