Mike: Of course it's POSSIBLE. Cracking the WEP is pretty easy with some hacker tools available. Even spoofing MAC addresses isn't all that hard. But KNOWING which MAC addresses are valid, out of the 2^24 possible addresses for the 2^24 possible vendor codes, is another thing. Always remember the "low hanging fruit" theory. If you make something difficult enough, most people move on to find easier pickings. That equation changes if you're a high profile target (whitehouse.gov) or have something in particular that someone has an economic or personal reason to devote the resources too. But the security issues with WiFi really only pertain to those in the very immediate proximity where the signal broadcasts. This is different from your worldwide exposure on the Internet. Scully -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Burger Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:34 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: combo wireless and wired home network On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Harry Putnam wrote: > Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > My laptop has 2 connections - one wired when it's on my desk, and one > > wireless. When I'm wired, I'm on the inside. When wireless, I have > > restrictions as to which ports I can go through. The ports available > > through the wireless router are a subset of what's available on the > > inside firewall. Nobody gets on the inside of the inner firewall unless > > they have a cable they can plug into my firewall/switch. > > Just a point of information (previso: I know very little about > wireless): > > If you were to have hooked the wl router up on the inside network. > Can't it be set to only receive connect from the MAC address of your > laptop? Or do you need dhcp? It is possible to crack WEP, and to spoof MAC addresses. It takes a while to do so, but it can be done. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
