[ale] wireless sanity/security check

[m.perry.wright at gmail.com (Mark Wright)]

I am using a MAC address access list in my router to secure my home  
network.  I know that you can sniff then spoof  a MAC address but is  
seems a little overkill to worry about that out here in suburbia.   
Especially given no teenagers living within several blocks.

I have advised two friends to do the same as their WPA setups quit  
working or have been uncooperative to additions.

Do any of you security experts consider this particularly bad advise  
to give out?  Should I help them get WPA working?  After having  
played with some of the tools for sniffing and cracking strong  
passwords I am wondering if it is worth the extra effort.



Mark Wright
m.perry.wright at gmail.com



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