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Old 04-27-2004, 04:13 AM
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I haven't but I would if I had the time.

I know people who have, and I find their stories rather scary (as a professional sysadmin).

I don't think the blame is entirely on the end-users. The guys who designed WEP made an almighty mess of it. Even in it's most secure configuration it can be cracked, and some of the security features actually make it LESS secure.

The manufacturers generally play down the security issues in their documentation. But that doesn't excuse users who have all the security turned off - particularly if those users are IT professionals.

I did a LOT of research before allowing WiFi access points on our network. I believe that it's sufficiently secure against the average wardriver: open,64bit encryption,hidden SSID,MAC filtering. Plus it's on a separate subnet firewalled from our LAN and only VPN connections can get through.

Phil.
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