On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 12:41 -0600, Mike Hord wrote:
> Agreed.  If you check out the link below, you can rate your PC's protection.  On
> my system at home, behind a standard off-the-shelf Linksys router, it comes
> back as being nigh impervious to assault.
> 
> https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

I used to recommend that site, no longer. I recommend you do a search on
Steve Gibson on usenet, his "advice" sometimes isn't as good as he
thinks it is (and IMHO sometimes harbours a false sense of security).

> My linksys is the sort with 802.11 built in, and to secure THAT I turned on the
> MAC filter, telling it to ignore all devices other than the MACs that I specify.
> Can't get much more secure than that, I'd imagine, since it's completely
> passive and won't respond to anything from any other MAC.

Unfortunately MAC filtering isn't much of a deterrent. If the person
interested is running Linux it's a very trivial matter to sniff the
network for a working MAC and then use that MAC.

While it's true that it isn't possible to completely stop someone from
accessing your network, I believe the best hope you have is to simply
USE WEP, and rotate the keys. It's not perfect, but it'll deter most
people out there. TTYL

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