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To: Siber who wrote (74302)2/26/2011 1:57:43 PM
From: Sexton O Blake   of 110626
 
Sort of a realm outside of my technical abilities. I use to only have MAC address lock down (ie I would only allow machines that had certain MAC addresses to be added to my "network"). But with Linux it is easy to spoof addresses.

I changed things slightly:
a) Turn of SSID broadcasting (so no one sees your ID)
b) Kept MAC lockdown;
c) Added security

Have to laugh about (c) - I created a password and it had a bunch of different characters and I think one of those is a caret (^). Every device in the house (Wii, Xbox, Notebook) all supported every character - EXCEPT THE BLOODY WIFI ALL-IN-ONE Inkjet. Unreal. So I laughed it off, turned off WiFi for that and just moved it over to wired.

Your post - I heard about this and it is a problem alright. At home your notebook is "part of your home network" - where other computers in your home can share. While at a store, your notebook is "part of their network" where all the other computers in the store can share.

What I don't understand is that -- in Vista they ask during the connection if it is a trusted "home" or say "public" - I have no clue if "that alone" helps keep peeping eyes at Starbucks out of my notebook.

Now I have added security and my router keeps locking out the Wii - don't know why. Wife constantly complains that Netflix isn't working. So I just reboot the router and everything is fine. I will look for a new one.

My buggaboo is - the maximum security one can add to their wireless is as good as the best one supported by your device. In other words, if you bot a new router today and it had some new fangled security - you may not be able to use it if all your devices do not have such a security system. In my mind they should come up with alternative security methods per device - so they can be locked with "the best the device has" but not forced for all devices.

One should Google "wifi security".
google.com

And check out the links and advice.

B

PS: Fear not just those in the store, usually WiFi will work up to a certain distance. So someone in a car near the store could be listening to your transmissions.
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