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Re: Users are getting more security conscious too said by brad:said by KPMG1 :
It really seems to me that more and more computer users are adopting the stronger encryption systems than before. In my neighborhood, I "see" roughly 15 SSIDs and only 2 are unencrypted and 3 are protected by WEP. Maybe 3 or so are WPA protected but the vast majority are using WPA2-PSK. Perhaps we have the ISPs to thank for this who set WPA2 as a default method of protection on the routers they give to their customers.
IMO it is more so the vendors producing the hw. Even though they have tended to do a poor job of default settings in the past most of the cheap little routers I see default to WPA2 as they should. Vendors should be making the default settings as secure as possible and if the user monkeys with the settings and changes the defaults then it is their problem to deal with. Default settings are very critical to set a good example. When you develop a product it's not about making it secure, but making it as interoperable with the customer's equipment as possible. Less complaints, less calls, less headaches overall. You may not agree with it, but that's usually how it works. Would you rather have a customer a day call in to complain that they can't connect to the AP, or just to make it work for them and have your tech support do something that's worth their time. It is just a numbers game in the end. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | That is the reason why consumer level products in general suck. Because vendors don't give a crap about their customers and just sell garbage. |
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| said by brad:That is the reason why consumer level products in general suck. Because vendors don't give a crap about their customers and just sell garbage. I disagree, the products work as advertised...but if you want to do something advanced like lets just say for example add a firewall rule to block an IP...the $20 model can't but the $150 model can. I personally only buy Linksys WRT54GL (~$50) and put DD-WRT on it. There is another member on here touting that he running a whole box for his router/firewall (I just have to wonder what his electric bill is!). |
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