Unsecured Wifi ? would you ?

[ChrisR]

IIRC the mac address is attached to TCP/IP packets.. therefor capture a packet and you would have the mac address you need to spoof..

Its been a while since I looked at the TCP/IP standards though heh.

Sounds familier, I only really looked at stuff like this a few years ago when I first played with a wireless card, not really touched it since.

 

[brisa4984]

phew.! cheers.

 

[Alastair.]

i was gunna get wireless round me mrs house but then i thought whats the point as i can pick up 5 differnt connections.

 

[bigmouk]

Someone isnt 'stupid' for leaving their connection open, probably just not techy enough. Its the ISP's fault for sending out hardware half the time that is wide open. My parents wireless router was enabled with WEP security by default (piece of p*ss to hack) ... they dont even use wireless, its connected via cat5, how would they know ??, they can turn the PC on and use internet explorer, thats about it! lol

I tend to use WPA-PSK / AES.

Turn SSID broadcasting off and use a mixed character name over 8 chars.

Turn mac filtering on.

Thats about as secure you gonna get without getting silly.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Is it morally wrong? well if someone is stupid enough to leave a wifi connection open then they deserve all they get, look at it this way, would you go into a pub, put your wallet on the bar, go for a piss and still expect all the money to be there when you got back? only a headcase would think that likely.

I was going to use that example, but look at it from the other angle..

So based on that, you would take a wallet if it was left on the counter of a bar?



It's hardly the same but moral values apply.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

ive got a wpa-psk thing. is it possible for someone to hack and get the password anyway?

Easy to hack, but keeps out the noobs.

What you need is MAC filtering on! This only allows your pc and devices to connect to your router.

Sure about that?

A MAC Access filter is easier to get around than WPA. Nothing's 100% secure in IT unless you add physical security. But even then you're only 100% secure against remote attacks because you're not connected to anything.

Adding passwords to wireless networks is simply to stop neighbours leaching. Maybe in a company it would be used to stop employees bringing in PDAs/Laptops and using the internet for none-business purposes, they're not much good for anything else.