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kulangflow · 05:05 PM

I have two brothers that would be very interested in this thread. One of them builds the firewalls and what-not for Wells Fargo. The other is paid to hack networks to find and fix their vulnerabilities.

I run a D-Link in my basement, which helps limit range to the house, along with an incredibly random WEP key. I keep all of my computers up to date with anti-virus, firewall, and anti-spam, etc. Oh yeah, I also live in a small quiet town where the likelihood of a malicious hacker parking in my driveway is very small to begin with. :-)

Oh yeah, if you are broadcasting your SSID, it's useful to name it something that won't point directly to your house/family. I named my wireless network "default" for example.

Unsullied_Spy · 05:39 PM

I'd go with a Linksys or a D-Link, they're proven to be better than a generic brand. I've got a Netgear at home and it's a total PoS and needs reset constantly. Go with the best security you can, but even then it's always hackable. I prefer to have it setup to only allow certain MAC addresses, but then you have to add a new MAC address each time you get a new device or someone else needs access to the network.

This is the one I'm thinking of replacing mine with. Once I finally get it, my Netgear is getting the .223 treament

01.27.2009, 05:48 PM

those brothers must make a lot of money. Everyone I talk to says the ITSec guys are filthy rich and barely do any work lol.

I personally have a linksys circa 2001. Still tickin. My next upgrade will be after the N standard has been proven and is better supported.

As far as wifi security, here's my take (FWIW): Most wifi security protocols can be hacked in less than 2 minutes by someone "in the know". (exceptions: the chinese government's proprietary WAPI, closed circuit RF connections, cisco PEAP, and WPA with a 26 alphanumeric password - this last exception is still crackable, but will take more time). All of the others, WEP, WPA, WPA2+TKIP, AES, LEAP, etc are very easy to get through and don't require L33T H4X0r skillz. just someone who's bored and can figure out command lines.

I agree with BrianG's previous comments but with only one addition: If you create an OS yourself, it's much harder to be hacked ;)

For those who are truly paranoid, you can always use a LiveCD specifically to surf the net. It's annoying to boot everytime, but considering the entire OS is loaded and operated from within RAM, there's a very small chance of anything getting to your hard drive (including viruses/spyware/etc).

As for people stealing information, well that's pretty much always going to happen. Either through social avenues, or electrical; there's actually a team that has developed a way to sniff your wired keyboard strokes! (http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/sw...ired-keyboard/)

rawfuls · 01.27.2009, 05:48 PM

HEY That's the same as mine!
It's a great one :]

You can just put on a passworded WAP password.

kulangflow · 01.27.2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by brighamr

there's actually a team that has developed a way to sniff your wired keyboard strokes! (http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/10/sw...ired-keyboard/)

That is just crazy.

BrianG · 01.27.2009, 06:25 PM

And from up to 65 feet away no less!

01.27.2009, 10:33 PM

linksys, are not good if you torrent or do mass data transferring; i had to reboot mine every couple days to keep everything flowing. my d-link is easy and kicks ass even with the 200gb a month d/l

kulangflow · 01.27.2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by e-rev project

linksys, are not good if you torrent or do mass data transferring; i had to reboot mine every couple days to keep everything flowing. my d-link is easy and kicks ass even with the 200gb a month d/l

Your specific router may have had a problem, but that's hardly sufficient reason to condemn the whole company. I've had several Linksys routers that worked like a charm with torrents and mass data.

ikpthegame · 01.28.2009, 02:49 AM

id stay away from the new linksys stuff, they have been putting out nothing but crap. they have became really cheap if you ask me. im using a netgear and love it never had a problem at all.

highflier · 01.28.2009, 09:28 PM

I am with BrianG. I like the GUI on the Linksys. That said I had 1 fail in summer as it overheated. But it configures for port forwarding etc so well I bought another one.

Now that all my system have 1 gig network ability I added a wired 1gig router. so that only my laptop goes through the linksys. It runs flawless for me.

Highflier