Re: Wireless Disconnects

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:37:33 -0800 (PST), seaweedsl
<seaweedsteve@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 25, 3:40 pm, LR <l...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It doesn't matter whether it is the family name or not.http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Apr/0250.html



Quote from page:
Chances are that if you own a wireless router which uses a default WEP
or WPA key, such key
can be predicted based on publicly-available information such as the
router's MAC address or SSID. In other words: it's quite likely that
the bad guys can break into your network if you're using the default
encryption key. Thanks to Kevin, our suspicion that such issue exists
on the BT Home Hub has been confirmed (keep reading for more
details!). Our advice is: *use WPA rather than WEP and change the
default encryption key now!*


Maybe I'm missing something, but this link seems to be showing how
using default security settings on your router can leave you
vulnerable.

If so, then I would say that is very much does matter whether it is
the family name or not, if not means leaving the default SSID in
place.

Yes, but why would you assume that the 'not' condition means leaving
the default SSID in place?

In the sense that if you enter your name (or address or
anything else) as SSID, then you are automatically removing the clue
as to which router it is, thus helping increase security a tiny bit.

Not really. The router's MAC address gives a more reliable clue than
the SSID anyway. For example, I've been known to use the 'linksys'
SSID on a Netgear router just to avoid teaching some old dogs new
tricks. Not that I advocate that, of course.

.

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