digipoi Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 We had a discussion at work today about running MAC filters and encryption. Do you use it or not? While I believe that if it is at all possible (if ya got the option), you might/should as well use it. Do you believe this is as simple as being Paranoid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 not encrypting wifi is like locking your door w/ a shoe string. and the fact that you even have to ask such question is a definate answer to ENCRYPT. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedr0 Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 not encrypting wifi is like locking your door w/ a shoe string. Nice comparison! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digipoi Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 lol... Hey man, the argument got a litttle heated and I had to defend. thought it would make an interesting thread. The way I wrote the post probably made the question look a little stupid. I can assure you its not that way :rofl: Just changed companies from a security standpoint to a software packaging standpoint. Different type of people. Much different type of thinking. Its really not where I want to be but it pays the bills. A little off topic, sorry folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted June 21, 2003 Share Posted June 21, 2003 check out this very good read http://www.kewney.com/articles/021119-secure.html this article is about John Biccum, IT security chief at Microsoft. he describes the steps they had to take to secure probably the most densly connected campus in the world. The scale of the Microsoft WLAN is daunting. "Our deployment has about 3,500 access points, and 30,000 plus client adapters - we can't keep count. It's a lot of plus - the last number was 36,000; but after Pocket PCs came back on, it got to be a whole lot more. All internal laptops today inside Microsoft come with integrated WiFi. We have 72 buildings in Puget Sound; another 46 sites in America. The EMEA region has 41 sites; and there are another 23 in Far East." if they managed to secure their network, i don't see any excuse for anybody else not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digipoi Posted June 21, 2003 Author Share Posted June 21, 2003 good point and killer reading... right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted June 22, 2003 MVC Share Posted June 22, 2003 Not securing your wireless network to the highest level supported by your equipment is NUTS. If you can use WEP and MAC filtering - then do so. If all possible, LEAP. To not would be like not locking your car before you park it, and then wondering why your stereo is missing when you get back. If the tech is there - it is all a click a way, there is NO reason not to use it. Depending on what you are passing over your wireless network, you may need to take extra measures. But not using the options that are there is crazy. It takes a max of maybe a whole extra 2 minutes to setup wep, a mac filter to only allow your card access and turn off the broadcast of your ssid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjames Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 Here's a great guide: http://arstechnica.com/paedia/w/wireless-s...-802.11b-1.html I've implemented a lot of those techniques. Most notably, 128-bit encryption on my three-computer 802.11b network. Better than nothing and if it's there, definitely use it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 I only use MAC address filtering. I find that encryption drops the signal significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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