On Jun 25, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Ed Wilts wrote:
Although I have lots of security and network background experience, I'm a neophyte when it comes to wireless security. I've got a Linksys 8-port router which serves my internal network, and I am in the process of integrating wireless into the mix. I'd like to do this preferably without shooting myself in both feed. I've added a 4-port Linksys wired/wireless combo, a wireless USB interace for my TiVo, and I'm adding a laptop that will be some days be wired and some days be wireless. Does anybody have a cheat sheet on what security features I need to turn on and how good they really are these days? I've turned on MAC address restrictions but that's been it so far.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Layered security is key. Check out my presentation from a not-so-recent LUG:
http://www.calug.com/13aug03talk/80211b_security_20030813.sxi
In short, you'll want a combination of encryption/authentication/filtering at multiple layers. Examples would include WEP (layer 2 encryption), EAP, IPSec (layer 3 encryption/authentication), MAC filtering, etc. Hopefully this will get you started, feel free to ping me off-list for more information/questions.
-- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net
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