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Out of curiosity, how many of you just leave your access point open? I named mine "aireplay-ng" and gave it 32bit wep as a courtesy to any of my hacker brethre
by blhack 17y ago
Out of curiosity, how many of you just leave your access point open?
I named mine "aireplay-ng" and gave it 32bit wep as a courtesy to any of my hacker brethren.
- lukifer 17y agoI used to, but I got too nervous about all the plaintext passwords and sensitive information that could be sniffed out of the air by a bored teenager. Enabling WPA isn't perfect, but it provides at least a single layer of protection which is probably good enough for most environments, similar to locking the door to your house.
- jsonscripter 17y agoIf you use DD-WRT you can set up a second virtual access point that can use your internet connection without having access to your local network.
- ars 17y agoHow? I wanted to do that, but could only find a very complicated method that involved editing the startup files on the router.
- jsonscripter 17y agoIt's in the settings panel for "Wireless" if you have v24 of the firmware.
- branden 17y agoMy access point is wide open but SSID broadcast is disabled. Considering the number of visible open APs in my apartment building, that's probably enough to keep the random bandwidth leach or mischievous wardriver away.