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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:40:57 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>What Security Standard Will My Computer Support?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054260</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a Toshiba P25 series notebook which was purchased in 2003.  I currently use a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router with WEP.  With my equipment can I improve my wireless security?  As you can see, I don't know much about this subject.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-09-03 23:25:29</pubDate>
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<title>public unsecured wireless internet</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21034457</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am using a public unsecured wireless connection and I have McAfee security(antivirus/firewall) installed. Although the firewall allows access to whichever application it deems suitable and I have so far received alerts only when the laptop auto-connects to the wireless connection asking whether to allow this connection.

Is it secure enough to login to my credit card account or check my email? or should I better wait till I am on a secure home connection?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-31 01:47:36</pubDate>
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<title>Need Adv networking help. network w/in a network</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030398</link>
<description><![CDATA[Good day My brother & sisters,
I have a small problem I can't figure out. I have a wellness center and have to provide wireless internet to my employees. I only want to give them internet... no network stuff.
On the same modem & router, I want to set up a network for my wife & I that we can share between and print. I have attached a diagram of what I want. will include file & security camera server as well as home automation stuff. 

I also have a spare dlink di-624... can it be set up as a wireless print server or am I stuck buying another $100 wireless piece. 

thanks for your knowledge!
Namaste,
GuruJ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-30 02:41:00</pubDate>
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<title>Public Wi-Fi - Wireless Sniffing - SSL</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21012040</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a security question about using public internet at a wi-fi hotspot. Many coffee shops offer free public wireless internet access and usually it is not encrypted with WEP or WPA. If I visit a website that uses SSL (https) is it possible for somebody to sniff my username / password? Or, is the date encrypted before it is sent out over the airwaves?
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<pubDate>2008-08-26 21:46:37</pubDate>
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<title>How to Secure Scanner-router-Notebook?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20712280</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a hp 6310 all in one printer and I can't get it to scan wirelessly. I plugged the ethernet wire into the printer and router, and I can print wirelessly thru the router but not scan wirelessly. Is it possible to scan wirelessly?

wirelessnewbie]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-06-28 11:05:41</pubDate>
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<title>Does WEP Affect Wireless Performance?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20961224</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hey guys. I'm going to implement WEP keys on my Linksys router because some unknown person is taking up my bandwith. I was just wondering if using a WEP affect wireless performance. What I mean is after I put the key on my wireless computer, will performance be downgraded because it has more security?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-16 18:22:26</pubDate>
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<title>Research paper about Wireless security. Survey included</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20881704</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hello,

I'm writing a research paper on wireless security and one of the requirements is to conduct a survey. 

The title of my research paper is: Effective strategies for securing Small Office and Home Office wireless networks

The questions I intend to answer are:
1.) What are common configuration mistakes that contribute to poor wireless security?
2.) What are the consequences of poor wireless security? How easy is it to exploit these flaws?
3.) What are effective strategies for improving wireless security?

The survey questions help me answer these questions. I have created a survey on surveymonkey.com. The link to the survey as well as a preview of the questions are listed below. Thanks in advance!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2bKahLnsTzKwQ0XA1ZPGOwQ_3d_3d

1.) How significant do these configuration mistakes affect wireless security posture?
   a.) default SSID name
   b.) SSID broadcast enabled
   c.) default admin password
   d.)  default IP address
   e.)  disabled encryption
   f.)  disabled MAC filtering
   g.)  DHCP address scheme

2.) Rate the significance of possible results of a compromised wireless network?
 a.) access to sensitive data/data modification
 b.) Trojan,virus,rootkit, botnet, etc
 c.)  Denial of Service (DoS)
 d.) rouge access point
 e.) abuse of bandwidth and other resources
 f.) access to wired network

3.) How significant are the following to improving wireless security?
 a.) firewall
 b.) DMZ
 c.) periodic check of access logs
d.) periodic changing of security keys
e.) Intrusion detection system
f.) Honeypot/ fake access points
g.) Proxy
h.) lowering transmission power
i)  VPN
j.) updating device firmware

Thanks,

rh_bomani]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-01 01:50:10</pubDate>
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<title>Is a 128 bit WEP key secure?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20948696</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi, I'm just wondering how secure this key is? It would appear to not be very secure based of the video this website.

http://www.shawnhogan.com/2006/08/how-to-crack-128-bit-wireless-networks.html

I could switch to WPA-PSK since my router supports it. I'm just under the assumption that my wireless router would have to be accessed in order to gain access to my network since I also use MAC address filtering. If I'm using the 128 bit WEP key with mac address filtering I should be pretty secure. Correct? I haven't messed with many wifi tools to test my network. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-14 05:23:23</pubDate>
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<title>How secure is my WiFi setup?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21016043</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a Linksys WRT54G wireless router.  I'm using WPA Personal encryption with a strong 16 digit shared key (AES).  I'm not using Mac filtering and the router is broadcasting the SSID.  Just how secure is my setup?  Netstumbler detects it and reports it as WEP which is a little confusing.  I want to make sure the security is solid enough that the neighbors can't be accessing my network.  TIA.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-08-27 16:42:39</pubDate>
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<title>Airport wifi and dslreports</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20695092</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in Honolulu Airport using the shakanet wifi access without paying. All sites except dslreports redirect to the login page (i.e. pay up). But I am certain that the dslreports site works fine without payment. I wonder why......
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<pubDate>2008-06-25 01:06:35</pubDate>
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