Re: Does WEP key give away access to my data to another computer?
- From: "Kevin K" <kevink4@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:28:49 GMT
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:28:07 UTC, Warren Oates
<warren.oates@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <Cu2El.21281$Db2.3058@edtnps83>,
Robert Montgomery <info-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So I don't have to worry about other people in nearby apartments
freeloading off of my Internet signal that I'm paying for?
That's not "accessing your files," that's sharing your Internet
connection. If they have your password, WEP or WPA or whatever, then
yes, they can "freeload off of" your connection. That's what the
password is for, to be given to those you want to share with. If they
don't have a password, they can't share (although WEP is notoriously
easy to crack).
But if someone has your WEP key (or WPA, WPA2, etc), they are
essentially INSIDE your network. Makes it easier for someone to
attempt to break into your computer, since they are inside the NAT
firewall you should have between your computer and the internet.
On my personal system, I have 3 incoming ports open, limiting attack
vectors like file sharing. SSH, which goes to my Linux system (just
one account allowed, and it isn't root), an opensource VPN system
(which if I need I will connect via SSH first, and startup), and HTTP
(to my Linux box, and right now it is unused).
I use the SSH to get to my Mac's remote sharing. I ssh in from my old
Windows laptop, redirecting X, then run vncviewer to the Mac from
there. That way I don't have VNC running in the clear, and I can
compress the data using SSH.
.
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