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RE: Wireless Security
From: "Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:04:12 +1000
How about asking the provider of the free access to look at setting up WPA? <puts on tinfoil hat> Even then, how do you know you can trust the people running it? What if they've set it up so that they can sniff the traffic as it becomes 'wired'? I think it might be difficult to prevent any sniffing of your traffic to the wireless router- unless you setup a vpn to your office perhaps. I mean, from a security standpoint I'd assume that the router is compromised from day one and sending anything in the clear is not a good idea. Having a firewall between you and the network would be a good idea-not sure if kaspersky has this built in or not. I'd err on the side of caution and be ultra paranoid in a setup like that. Start with disallow anything incoming/outgoing and then add outgoing ports etc as you need them. eg 80. That's a start for preventing people snooping on your system/network but won't solve the sniffing issue. As a demo of what can be sniffed, why not setup kismet or similar and just see what you can find yourself-then you'll get an idea of what can be sniffed from your traffic. -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Yousef Syed Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:37 AM To: Security Basics Subject: Wireless Security I need some advice. I'm currently staying in an apartment complex that provides free wireless Internet access. The access has zero crypto - not even WEP. What can I do on my own Laptops (Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro) to make my browsing/internet usage more secure? I also want to ensure that no one else on the network is entering my systems. The Windows Laptop already has Kaspersky Internet Security and various spyware/adware checkers etc Thanks, ys -- Yousef Syed CISSP http://www.linkedin.com/in/musashi
Current thread:
- Wireless Security Yousef Syed (Feb 05)
- Re: Wireless Security Lee Hinman (Feb 05)
- Re: Wireless Security steve menard (Feb 05)
- RE: Wireless Security Murda Mcloud (Feb 06)
- Re: Wireless Security Michael Painter (Feb 07)
- RE: Wireless Security Murda Mcloud (Feb 07)
- Re: Wireless Security pinowudi (Feb 08)
- RE: Wireless Security Timmothy Lester (Feb 07)
- RE: Wireless Security Murda Mcloud (Feb 06)
- Message not available
- Re: Wireless Security steve menard (Feb 07)
- Re: Wireless Security Yousef Syed (Feb 07)
- RE: Wireless Security Villanueva, Pete (Feb 05)
- Re: Wireless Security John Jasen (Feb 06)
- RE: Wireless Security Murda Mcloud (Feb 06)
- Re: Wireless Security Yousef Syed (Feb 06)
- RE: Wireless Security David Harley (Feb 07)
- RE: Wireless Security Nick Duda (Feb 07)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Wireless Security nobledark (Feb 07)
- Re: Wireless Security krymson (Feb 11)