Re: Wireless security
- From: Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:27:10 +0000
Wolfgang Draxinger wrote:
DON'T use WEP. WEP is so insecure, that you might consider it
unencrypted. There are tools that break a WEP encryption within
few minutes, by injecting special packets.
I know this is the accepted wisdom,
but I don't entirely agree with it.
It is like saying that it is not worth locking your house
with a Yale lock, because a thief will know how to pick it.
Weak security is much better than no security.
Obviously it depends on where you live,
and how valuable the data on your computer is.
In my case, for instance, I know and trust everyone
within WiFi range of my house,
so we are talking of someone in a car
lurking somewhere in the vicinity,
choosing my computer system to break into,
and having the necessary computer savvy to break a WEP key.
The probability of this happening is very small, in my view,
and there are much more likely causes of computer disaster
such as power outages, fire, flood or traditional theft.
In my view, for most people, in most circumstances,
WEP provides adequate WiFi security.
(I would advise people, whether they are using WiFi or not,
to encrypt any private information with a strong encryptor.)
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