[ale] wireless sanity/security check

[brian at polibyte.com (Brian Pitts)]

On 01/03/2010 08:14 PM, Mark Wright wrote:
> 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.

Do you lock your doors at night, or do you think "there are people with
tools that can break some locks, so why bother?"

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All the best,
Brian Pitts