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From: Roy Amin
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:55

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I am a novice in security of wireless networks.

I would be grateful if someone could explain some principles to me.

If I have my router set up which is locked to specific MAC addresses, is it 
possible for anyone else to tap into my wirepless signal to access my 
broadband connection?

Am I correct in assuming that the security measures such as WEP WPA etc is 
to prevent unauthorise people to make sense of the wireless traffic?

Is it possible to set up 128bit WEP for some clients and 64bit for others?

Thanks for your help

Rohit

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