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Open Wireless and the Illusion of Security
- wallflower 18y agoBruce Schneier has a valid argument that if someone does something bad through your network and you have security on: how do you prove it was hacked? While I should just buy a 50-foot CAT5 cable and plug in, Wi-fi is just more convenient. I like to think of using WPA2 + MAC filtering as the wireless network equivalent of The Club for automobiles (a deterrent; too much trouble to hack mine in the local air of (mostly-WEP) wi-fi networks)
- newt0311 18y agoAn open wireless + a home VPN + QoS works for me. I don't have ay problem letting other people on my network as long as my connection speeds are unaffected (thus the QoS) and my server has plenty of log information about who tried to access my home network. Also, the VPN provides real software security.
- sanj 18y agoI used to leave my network wide open. Then, a couple of months back, I found my download speeds plummeting. I flipped on WPA and suddenly things were brisk again.