[LBo] Wireless not safe.

[Terence Arnold]

> >
> It is my understanding that it is wireless in general. Given enough 
> time and the right toys (most of which are linux based) you can 
> crack most any wireless system. If it is RF there is a way to crack 
> it. If it transmits somebody somewhere has the toys that can 
> "listen" to it.
> 
> I may be wrong, but this is what has been explained to me and 
> articles I have seen in the past.
> 

When using wireless you need only follow a few basic procedures to make it secure enough that it would take the NSA or a group of "leet uber hackers". First off use WPA encrytpion- and a long key length  - also make sure the key is a mixture of upper and lower case, numbers and other characters. The scare stories of the vulnerability of wireless are much exagerated. If you want more details I suggest heading over to www.grc.com and checking out the "Security Now" podcast on this topic. It really is very good.

terence

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