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But my built in paranoia says don’t ever transact bank stuff or anything employing a user name/password on a wireless network. Everything you do can be monitored by a 3rd party. Quote:
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My current firewall of choice is FreeBSD based - m0n0wall (link here.) Incredibly elegant and secure design, fast, and easy to configure. If you're into VPN's or traffic shaping, it's the best of the freebies I've seen. You can run it on cheap commodity hardware (again - pay attention to the compatibility list), but I run it on a solid-state, flash based embedded platform (Soekris 4801.) It's also great for securing wireless access - I just run a generic access point of the third NIC in a DMZ. The captive portal functionality is more secure and flexible than WEP or MAC based security. Last edited by Da Nag; 06-17-2005 at 12:34 PM. |
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Other kid has moved out (thank you jayzuz!) and wants to access the university wirelss system where she's in school so I'm trying to help her out with that. BTW Tracey, what's the max BAUD rate on wireless? Somebody told me it was pretty slow. I'm used to either T1's (3) at work or Cox Cable at home. I can no longer tolerate dial-up. Bot |
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Even on an untrusted wireless network, any web surfing over 128-bit SSL is virtually impossible to crack. If you see the 'https" in the URL, and the "lock" icon in your browser, the chances of your traffic getting sniffed are virtually nil. All that can be monitored is where you went, the information in the pipe is not at risk. Unless...your system becomes compromised. Which is the primary reason for the "no wireless" policies many companies have for road warriors. Sniffing of data shooting across the airwaves is not really a concern - encrypting this data using VPN's and/or SSL is trivial. The primary security concern lies in the increased vulnerability to attack when using an untrusted network. You have no idea who you're sharing the wireless network with, and many wireless access points are not behind a firewall - making you vulnerable to attack from anyone on the Internet. Given Microsoft's track record with remote Windows exploits, the risk is very real. Software firewalls help, but they are way less secure than a properly managed hardware firewall. And, once your laptop is compromised, the VPN and SSL you count on to encrypt your data actually works to the attackers advantage. The laptop essentially becomes a trojan horse, allowing the possibility for a skilled attacker to have unfettered, and untraceable access over connections which are presumed to be secure. |
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For comparison a dial up is theoretically about 56 kbps but never really hits that, an average 2 chanel ISDN is 128 kbps, an average DSL “pro” is 640 kbps, a is T1 is about 1.5 mpbs. By comparison an average business network will sustain 100 mbps and the newest office stuff is 1 gbps. So while wireless has merely to double to be on par with office networks, internet connectivity has a very long way to go.
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Unless one has a specialized security encryption firmware it’s all standard technology that readily available. Quote:
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WEP encryption between a wireless card and access point is a different story - it's theoretically possible to crack it with something as simple as a sophisticated PDA, but it's still very time consuming and not a huge risk. Even then - if you have an SSL browser connection to your bank over a WEP connection, cracking the WEP does you no good - you still can't crack the SSL packets it contains. |
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As far as e-machines, I havent seen one e-machine that was not full of problems. you do get what you pay for in regards to that.
I myself either build them myself or go with dellw hich I have had great luck with. The server I setup in my dad's office, a Dell poweredge server, has been up and running with only 5 reboots due to me doing some maintenance since it was purchased 2.5 years ago. It has been running flawless. I recently upgraded it to server 2003 and it has been working beautifully. Even the old Nt4 server has been up and running without problems for over 4 years, and I built that one. Alon
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I've heard about the seperate cooling fan -- I'm going to check that out. Quote:
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