Netgear MA301/401 and Encryption
Scot L. Harris
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Wed Jul 28 23:20:39 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 18:32, Price Technology wrote:
> >
> > Without encryption it would be very easy to look at all your packets
> > going over the wireless connection. This could include your pop3
> > passwords for your email access, text of your emails, etc.
> >
> They'd have to sniff the packets without being able to access the network
> though.
>
With wireless that is very easy to do. You don't have to be able to
access the network to sniff the packets.
> > Think of it as if you have locked your homes door but have the huge
> > picture window on the front of the house with the drapes pulled open.
> > Nobody can get in easily but they can see everything that is going on
> > inside.
> >
> Good analogy.
>
Thanks! :)
> > Of course if you are using WEP someone can still break the encryption
> > but they have to gather a couple of million interesting packets to do
> > so. Usually more trouble than it is worth for most casual hackers. But
> > encryption would keep your next door neighbors kid from getting
> > information you may not want them to have.
> >
> I guess I didn't consider the possibility of "promiscuous" sniffing. With
> the MAC address restrictions and not broadcasting the SSID, I'd pretty
> well have the neighbor's kid blocked out anyway.
>
You may be surprised what tools like gkismet can show. :)
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Joebewan
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Scot L. Harris
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