Is Wireless more secure than wire one?

[!mitationRust]

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John attack, remeber attackers usually try to take advantage of everything in it's current state, alot of times these objects & software are shipped "loose" out_of_the_pkg. It's up to you on how fuctional & secure you want it to be. It's up to you to apply the policies so kindly provided by our GOV the NSA ect.....They have unclassified and released several PDF's that are available via google,digital libraries & whatnot.

Try to apply these standards,policies & proceedures to your wireless connection, I mean what does the DoD know about security? It's made public for a reason.

EXAMPLE: Of some recommendations & policies made by the NSA & our GOV ect.....

These recommendations include:

· Mutual Authentication
· Layer two encrypted tunnel
· Strong cryptographic integrity verification

Without these features, not only is a WLAN vulnerable, but the entire information
infrastructure of which it is a part is at risk. We also recommend per-packet
authentication although we would not go so far as to make it a requirement.

http://www.itoc.usma.edu/Documents/ITOC_TR-2003-101_(G6).pdf
http://www.fwuf.gov/slides/may02slides/wiltshire.pdf
http://iase.disa.mil/policy.html
http://www.sessionware.com/Download/...egy_011603.pdf
https://infosec.navy.mil/Documents/d...e=dodd&tab=dod

The more you read john the better, I'd rather give you a more advance answer than just telling you yes or no & giving you a answer that I feel that is to your level of knowledge. John, sometimes I think your a troll probe or another member, but rather than judging you here, I'll give you "benifit of the doubt" & provide you some helpfull info.

[pooh sun tzu]

I'd rather give you a more advance answer than just telling you yes or no

You must teach someone to walk before they can run, or important bits of information and technique can be lost. If he can understand it in an easier way, then so be it. Putting things in more techincal terms does no one any good if he still does not understand it.

As his first post said, too much technical information and jargon confuse him. Many people are like that, and can not just take a direct/logical approach to everything. And that is fine, and we must respect his way of learning just as I respect how you choose to learn.

[!mitationRust]

Originally posted here by pooh sun tzu


You must teach someone to walk before they can run, or important bits of information and technique can be lost. If he can understand it in an easier way, then so be it. Putting things in more techincal terms does no one any good if he still does not understand it.

As his first post said, too much technical information and jargon confuse him. Many people are like that, and can not just take a direct/logical approach to everything. And that is fine, and we must respect his way of learning just as I respect how you choose to learn.

And as I stated john must read before typing or google/read before asking. Everyone has learning curves,that's fine but when people throw "security" curve balls at you, your either are intrested or your not. " you will proceed in reading and exploring or you will give up.
As I stated john can read jargon via google & PDF's

Example: If john does not understand what Mutual Authentication is , he can type it in and the first link he will find will be what it is http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search
ect........

"Maximum Security For The Connected World" is what I'm after on this site & on the front page. Not simpleton questions & tech support ," I want maximum security questions" & debates. Stuff I can learn from,IMHO I'm kinda tired of seeing the same tech support and "what is the best" questions. "

in·san·i·ty
n. pl. in·san·i·ties
1. Doing the same thing over and over yet expecting different results."
You know what I mean. It's just my point of view, but ,I want hardcore stuff on the front board 24/7. The rest can play catch up in the noobie forums. I want AO to live up to it's name and banner. Maybe it's alot to ask but then again It's just my OP.

[Phat_Penguin]

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1489&page=1

Nice article for beginners about wireless and the security of same, including tips on securing it.

I run a wireless access point at home for my laptop - 256bit encryption, SSID off and MAC filtering enabled - if the neighbours are that computer savvy to connect to it - I would enjoy having a beer with them and discussing their obvious computer skills ......... I also keep a close eye on logs, even the flashing lights on the hardware to indicate activity when there shouldn't be any - so they wouldn't stay connected for long !!

I feel as secure as I could possibly be without throwing up an electric fence and razor wire.

[thing0]

anyone knows more guides and documents about wireless networks, not only about security? i don't know the equipment to be used.

[Phat_Penguin]

thing0,

Take a look at this site http://members.iinet.net.au/~clark/FreeNet/index.htm ..... will give you a good idea of the bits and pieces you need to build a wireless network.

It will give you a fair "heads up" on what to Google for, there are hundreds of sites out there.

With a basic understanding of networking it doesn't take very long to set up. Most wireless access points can be accessed via a web browser and offer standard security of WEP, MAC filtering and the ability to turn off the SSID - adequate for the home user, but in a corporate environment I would be looking for something better or staying with the wire

Wireless at home is great, its quick to set up, no drilling, feeding cables into wall cavities or having them laying around .... great if you are renting, dont want the mess, like to change rooms around a lot or even for hosting LAN parties if everyone is wireless capable ... it definitely has its good and bad points.

Until a DSL service became available via the phone line at my home, I shared a 1.5mb DSL with a family member in a neighbouring suburb for over 12 months via wireless without problems, worked fantastically - until the other end lost power of course ... I am no computer/networking guru, just read a lot and found a local wireless group and asked questions then set it up - its not as difficult as you might imagine.