[Discussion] Wireless Security

[James Cannon]

Hi Joe,
 
I think that WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) has been broken awhile ago. Not good if traveling in a lot of places, but relatively secure in most areas. I don't think you are being targeted by hackers as a corporate IT department is. Using the most current security is a best practice. But heck, we are secure in our OS via obscurity. ;)
 

Sincerely,
James Cannon

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Joseph J. Hansen <jhansen at LexSA.com> wrote:


From: Joseph J. Hansen <jhansen at LexSA.com>
Subject: Re: [Discussion] Wireless Security
To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 3:56 PM


January 5, 2010

Nobody else has mentioned this, so I will.  Both WEP and WPA encryption are supported by most routers, but I understand WPA encryption is more secure. Shouldn't we all be using WPA?

Joe

On Jan 4, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Chuck McKinnis wrote:

> I am in a rural area, but I still use WEP just to keep the slugs off.
> 
> Brian Grawburg wrote:
>> While my wireless network is on basically 24/7, my laptops are not. When I'm finished with my work the PC is turned off.
>> I keep the network up because I have a Slingbox that my son connects to overseas. My laptops are running eCS and W2K.
>> Under these conditions do I need to be concerned about applying WEP encryption?  I do very little e-commerce.
>> Brian Grawburg
>> Wilson, NC
> 

Joseph J Hansen 
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