 KompressorPremium
join:2002-02-12
Huntington Beach, CA | reply to enOehT
Re: No WEP or WPA for me! lol, You are VERY UNsecure if you're not using encryption.
1) An average user isn't going to try to hack your connection, and if they are, they're probably going to use an 802.11a/b/g card to do it.
2) Turning off the broadcast SSID does basically nothing. You'll stop a casual user from seeing your network, but who cares if a casual user sees it because all hackers can.
3) So you change your SSID. So what?
4) It is extremely easy to spoof your MAC address when you're running an unencrypted network. You don’t seem to understand that unencrypted signals are as easily read as post cards in the mail.
5) Again, extremely easy to spoof. The only way you'll be alerted is when you get disconnected from the network, and at that time, you'll probably just think it's a technical issue. Do you sit at your computer 24/7? If the hacker knows what he’s doing, the both of you will be connected at the same time. And the hacker isn’t going to show up in your DHCP clients table.
I'm sure it /does/ work for you. But no one would want to hack your computer because I'm sure you have nothing of value, and there are apparently allot of other people in your building to get their Internet connection. But let me say this, you are a perfect example of someone who knows nothing who thinks they know everything. 
Nothing is perfect, including WEP and WPA, but it's sure as hell better than nothing, and it's sure as hell better than what you're doing. |
 enOehTPremium
join:2003-05-17
Langhorne, PA
1 edit | well, according to this article, encryption is not good either. so I guess if you use wireless you are damned no matter what you do. |
