[nycbug-talk] WiFi use liability. . .

[George R.]

On Apr 21, 2005, at 5:21 PM, Isaac Levy wrote:

> On Apr 21, 2005, at 4:55 PM, George R. wrote:
>
>> MAC address ACL, WEP/WPA with decent keys, not broadcasting address. 
>> . . It's not perfect, but it will generally work unless someone 
>> really knows what they're doing.
>
> <cough>
>
>     Kismet:
>     http://www.kismetwireless.net/
>
>     KisMac:
>     http://binaervarianz.de/projekte/programmieren/kismac/
>
> </cough>
>
> In all honesty, I've had fairly un-technical clients of mine show me 
> how exited they were to discover KisMac, so while I agree that someone 
> has to know what they're doing, and would add that masses of 
> non-technical people *do* know what they're doing- making MacACL, WEP, 
> and WPA absolutely worthless.
>
> My .02? strategy, open your AP- and use good secure software.
>

fully aware of the options, as you know. . .

But again, in the majority of cases, using mac acl, wpa/wep and not 
broadcasting address is adequate to keep a home network operational.

uncrackable?  of course not. . . we've all done mac address sniffing. . 
.

g