On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Steve Searle <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Around 07:16pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 (UK time), JD scrawled: > >> Right. Also, it is not necessarily "neighbours" that are adjacent >> you your house or a few houses down. Someone can park a car >> not far from your house, and using the type of home-made antenna >> James mentioned, they can hack your network. >> I would strongly encourage you to use MAC address whitelist. > > Because someone with the knowhow to make antenna like this and hack your > wireless password would have no idea how to spoof mac addresses? > If they are that technologically advanced? I can BUY one over the Internet. Some computers even have an external connection. However, what we are suggesting is only to bar and lock the front door. If I'm determined, I'm on your network. However, if you live in the 'big city' you are going to find hundreds of unsecured wireless connections, or poorly secured ones. If I'm out in the woods, the pickings are slim and you just might want to take the effort to break in. Same if you have valuable data. TJX learned the lessons of not securing their network AND having valuable data. James McKenzie > Steve > > -- > > Website: www.stevesearle.com > Twitter: @ReddishShift > Facebook: www.facebook.com/steve.searle > > 19:22:02 up 31 days, 8:28, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
