[X4U] Re: Wireless "theft"

Eugene list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net
Thu Jun 16 01:27:16 PDT 2005


On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:37:45PM CDT, Peter Apockotos <mastermacchief at gmail.com> wrote:
: 
: On Jun 15, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Art wrote:
: >
: >On Jun 15, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Peter Apockotos wrote:
: >>
: >>WEP can be hacked in three minutes.
: >
: >How about WPA?
: 
: I'm not sure how long.  It was created to be safer than WEP.

If you are concerned about security over a wireless network,
run over a VPN (the access point must support this feature)
or use a bunch of SSH tunnels.

Sorry kids, security over wireless is only at its infancy.


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Eugene
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