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Article #90Re: Security
From: Alex Fraser
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:14
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:14
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"Roy Amin" <rohitamin@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message news:1128984941.98954f9a8141fc9ff06280cfbc628a55@teranews... > 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? Yes, if they pretend they are one of the allowed MAC addresses while it's not in use, and they have the encryption key (if there is one). > 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? Yes. > Is it possible to set up 128bit WEP for some clients and 64bit for > others? Not AFAIK with a single AP, but you could connect a second AP on another channel (creating two bridged networks) with different encryption settings. Alex
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