Re: Re: Wireless transfer rates.

["wayne" <wayne@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for that!
Nice and crystal now!
(just got to go figure out were l2tp, ppptp and ipsec all fit together
now!)

Wayne.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mark_harrison_uk2" <mph@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:06 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Wireless transfer rates.


> Security's a trade off between absolute security, convenience, and
> cost.
>
> To start at the easiest to use / cheapest / least secure, and move
> upwards:
>
> 1: No WEP, non-hidden network name.
>
> No security at all. Not even a little bit. About the only thing to do
> is live in a big house with a long driveway, and not allow anyone
> with a computer to drive up to your house :-)
>
> 2: No WEP, hidden network name.
>
> Prevents access from the "fiendly stumbler" - ie the
well-meaning
> person who might happen to have a wireless card-enabled PC on him,
> but isn't actively looking to get onto your network.
>
> 3: WEP
>
> Protects against the person who's looking for networks he can access
> immediately. Not proof against someone who's looking to hack into
> you, who will snoop your traffic, and then crack your WEP keys.
>
> 4: WEP, locked-down MAC addresses
>
> Protects against the unsophisticated hacker. Equally crackable by
> someone with a fast laptop who knows what he's doing as 3. MAC
> addresses are spoofable.
>
> 5: Firewall clients on each wireless PC
>
> Pretty damn near state of the art! You need, however, something to
> sit between your wireless access point and the rest of your network.
> Whether you call that something a "firewall" a
"bridghead server" or
> a "VPN concentrator" is more a matter of vendor choice and
material
> difference to the security you'll get :-)
>
> I have two wireless networks at home. A "level 1" network
that shares
> Internet access, and a "level 4" network that gets access to
my
> servers. I also publish my shared internet access network on consume.
> This means that most "honest" hackers will simply use the
internet
> access, and hopefully choose to honour the privacy of my secure
> network that gives access to my house.
>
> Of course, in order to do this, I have to have a fairly high-end
> firewall. But given I make a living doing infrastructure consultancy,
> I got given one my a client :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul" <p-gale@b...> wrote:
> > The reason I asked (and hi-jacked the thread ;)  )  was for that
> very reason - to stop my neighbours and any one else getting ANY kind
> of access to my network. ????????
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Bond [mailto:chris@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 12 June 2003 13:54
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless transfer rates.
> >
> >
> >
> > > No, you retain your existing network infrastructure (even
the
> Internet)
> > > but run the appropriate VPN software at both ends to handle
the
> > > authentication and encryption.
> >
> > Only problem then though is if people come of the sreet onto your
> wifi and
> > you have a router with broadband - away they go if they know what
> there
> > doing.  VPN will allow encrypt the local traffic - less im
missing
> > something.....
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Chris Bond
> >
> >
> >
> >
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