Re: Personal Data and Security

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:49:43 -0400, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <jollyroger-52D280.20494321082009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <h6ngoc026ei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:44:36 -0400, Nick Naym wrote
(in article <C6B4B7B4.43DA4%nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com>):

In article h6nehv024ah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, J.J. O'Shea at
try.not.to@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 8/21/09 8:36 PM:

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I've read that it's recommended that the default "admin" and "password"
username and password be changed. Are you saying that it really is not
necessary?

No. He's saying that the admin page username and password are not the
same
as
the WPA or WEP key. They're not. You should change your admin username and
password, or someone who gets access to your network can lock you out.
That
is exactly what happened to a certain gentleman in my neighborhood. He was
running a network with an open, unsecured, wireless router, and someone
thought it would be funny to go onto his network and set up MAC address
filtering... and not put any of his computers onto the filter list. And
then
to change the admin username and password. And to turn on WPA security.
All
of which meant that he was locked out of his own network. (No, I didn't do
it. He did pay me to fix it...) It was amazing how fast all the unsecured
networks in the area became WPA-secured networks once word got around that
there were comedians in the neighborhood...


Having now implemented WPA (or even if I had left it at WEP), wouldn't that
prevent such mischief?

WEP can be broken easily; the record is under 90 seconds. WPA is much
harder
to crack. Putting a WPA key on the network makes such games much harder to
play.

...but not impossible. So it's best to practice security anyway.



Yep. It's always best to have a good username and password on important items
like your router admin page.

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