re: Wireless security
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 7:53 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(7132 messages posted)
I like Ari's solution the best if you want to maintain the status quo.
The other option is to continuously scan your "airspace" for unsecured networks,
connect to the config pages of those networks and establish security. Perhaps eventually
the owners of those networks will realize what is happening and secure them on their
own. Perhaps some of the owners will eventually amass an impressive collection of
"defective" routers LOL :-)
But the REAL issue is that you are under the impression that your wireless network
is secure.
As someone else posted, WEP is a joke, but you're using WPA, which is pretty good
but has been cracked at least theoretically. AFAIK WPA2 is still uncracked.
But the problem is NOT what wireless security level you operate, the problem is that
people, as you say, come and go all the time. Unless you change the wireless password
religiously each and every time someone leaves, your network is not nearly as secure
as you think. Even with routine password changes, your network is still vulnerable
to an outsider who gets the password from an employee, or from a disgruntled employee
trying to "get even", which studies show is the number one threat to business networks.
(You did not mention if you have a domain or workgroup, which would of course determine
the security of network resources, or if you are using other nework security measures
such as VPN or for the wireless connections a RADIUS server.)
I ALWAYS advise my business customers that a hard-wired network is more reliable
and more secure than wireless, and most take my advice. The ones who don't sign
a waiver drafted by my attorney.
- Written in response to:
- Wireless security (Cal: Monday, July 6, 2009 at 9:32 am)
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