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Old 06-04-2004   #1 (permalink)
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Brute force ?

It seems that cracking encryption is somewhat difficult.

What stops someone from doing a brute force dictionary attack against the router setup password ?
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Making sure he doesn't connect to your network...
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Making sure he doesn't connect to your network...
Nicely done, you get five extra points for style.
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Obviously physical security and the wireless security is important. Encrypt your wireless traffic, and make sure they can't connect to your LAN.
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Don't use dictionary words.
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Don't use dictionary words.
Like 'supercalifragilisticexpyalidoshis'...something like that.
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who's to say that isnt already in my dictionary g8tkeeper?

disable broadcast
wep/wpa
mac filtering
...it's the best you can do short of running radius or something there of. Me personally, I tunnel virtually everything over SSH. The compression does wonders.
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