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| 720217 | 2008-11-14 09:27:00 | Hi I have 2 computers, each are infrastructure mode and using WPA encryption. They have a paraphrase when they connect via my router (site survey). My question is, what security is located on each computer? I mean if the router is off and each of the computer has a wifi card and a shared partition hard drive. What paraphrase in the computer protect it from my neighbours or car driving pass etc... Thanks. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 720218 | 2008-11-14 09:43:00 | have a read of This here (cs.uwindsor.ca) - its PPT that explains many things. May be of some help- in the end it doesn't matter how secure a wireless connection is if someone wanted to get in they would - may take a while but they would. I think it mentions your questions/answers pages 8-12 Wired is always going to be more secure than wireless as there's no signal to try to crack. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 720219 | 2008-11-16 08:50:00 | WPA apparently is getting close to be able to be cracked in a short time. It is better to use WPA2 if your system has it. What paraphrase in the computer protect it from my neighbours or car driving pass etc... ?? Paraphrase means take some words and re-phrase (re-word) them. If you have your system set up for infrastructure then a workstation is expecting to see a WAP not another workstation to connect to. So somebody in the vicinity should not be able to connect to your workstation if the WAP is off. If they did, they would still have to get passed the WPA encryption. |
johnd (85) | ||
| 720220 | 2008-11-16 21:17:00 | WPA apparently is getting close to be able to be cracked in a short time . It is better to use WPA2 if your system has it . ARG!!! <RANT!> this "crack" of WPA has been miss-reported in most media . . . . . and WPA2 may not help . . . . the real facts: WPA if running in TKIP mode may let an atacker decrypt/spoof 1 packet per 15 minutes . WPA2 in TKIP mode has the same fault . best fix is to setup to AES mode if you can, some WPA systems support this and all WPA2 systems will support this . </RANT> WPA can be safe if run if AES mode but that may not be an option, it depends on your hardware . will WPA get fully crack soon? maybe, but it is expect to only be a crack of TKIP mode . questions?? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 720221 | 2008-11-17 05:57:00 | Yes ditch wireless and go for wired no problems then | gary67 (56) | ||
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