Using free Wi-Fi to Gamboool......dangerous??

[adamstewart]

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Honestly, if you turn off "SSID Broadcast"

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How do you do that?



Adam

[smoore]

that's a RTFM question [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

seriously, look in the configuration of your WAP and set the most nazi security settings.

Download the manual for yours and it's all laid out.

[krimson]

http://us.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet...ing/index.html

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This isn't too relevant to the issue (since the SSL used mitigates most security issues) - but, for those setting up a secure wireless network at home, know that WEP is easily crackable. It's pretty to crack a WAN using WEP in about 10 minutes. WPA is much more secure.

[smoore]

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This isn't too relevant to the issue (since the SSL used mitigates most security issues) - but, for those setting up a secure wireless network at home, know that WEP is easily crackable. It's pretty to crack a WAN using WEP in about 10 minutes. WPA is much more secure.

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he speaks the truth.

[cmstaab]

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This isn't too relevant to the issue (since the SSL used mitigates most security issues) - but, for those setting up a secure wireless network at home, know that WEP is easily crackable. It's pretty to crack a WAN using WEP in about 10 minutes. WPA is much more secure.

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he speaks the truth.

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Oh no doubt..... what did he say?

[z80x86]

10 minutes is a huge understatement of the time required. You need to capture enough flawed packets to deduce the RC4 cipher that is used. This can often require the analysis of millions of packets and can take hours if not days. Only under very rare conditions can this layer of security be compromised in minutes.

[beernutz]

I think you need to read some recent literature on WEP security such as this one http://securityfocus.com/infocus/1814 . The time to crack WEP has dropped dramatically in the last couple of years to minutes or even seconds. All you need to do is capture sufficient traffic, 500k-1m packets, and this doesn't take as long as you may think. The tools out there now are quite amazing.

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10 minutes is a huge understatement of the time required. You need to capture enough flawed packets to deduce the RC4 cipher that is used. This can often require the analysis of millions of packets and can take hours if not days. Only under very rare conditions can this layer of security be compromised in minutes.

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[theredwave]

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How do you do that?

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I am interested in hearing this as well, I've tried switching the settings to WEP but whenever I do that I lose my connection.

[waffle]

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10 minutes is a huge understatement of the time required. You need to capture enough flawed packets to deduce the RC4 cipher that is used. This can often require the analysis of millions of packets and can take hours if not days. Only under very rare conditions can this layer of security be compromised in minutes.

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Here's a video of a dude cracking WEP in 10 minutes.

http://whoppix.hackingdefined.com/Whoppix-wepcrack.html