Re: Tell me if I've got this right.....(please)

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:29:19 -0800, Oren wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:37:35 -0500, Keith Williams <krw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <q6n0t1dbfp857lahohbic7b0v7fi3huo0u@xxxxxxx>,
>>mlloyd@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
>>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:41:36 -0500, Keith Williams <krw@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >> And you never know who's connected to YOUR network.
>>> >
>>> >Strong encryption solves this problem.
>>>
>>> Not just WEP. I've been hearing about it not being very secure any
>>> more.
>>
>>I believe we're using LEAP. It is secure. A decent wireless
>>implementation won't even be detected by a rogue PC. Of course
>>most don't set up any security.
>
> WAP and WEP can be broken. How does your machine see the AP, just like
> a software sniffer that can detect them I guess. One can drive any
> major city and find what's called "decent wireless implementation".

If you find them, they're not "decent wireless implementations". ;-) AIUI
they won't respond to improper probes (authentication needed to start
the conversation).

>>> Of course, it's never as secure as a wired network.
>>
>>In many ways it's more secure, since everything on the network is
>>encrypted.
>
> The packets maybe, not the network. Your data packets can be captured
> across the wire and some sniffers can decode them. Getting to your
> network can be as simple as plugging into it or by wireless.

Yes, the network. How are you going to decode the packets if you don't
have the crypto keys (or lifetime access to Ft. Meade)? Need more
security? Do IP tunneling.

--
Keith
.

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