[Cialug] [NEWS] War driving reveals vulnerable wireless networks

[Claus]

On 1/10/2005 7:15 AM, reinstall hell wrote:
> http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/01/09/news/top_story/ee43d35dbbb5671786256f830083ce55.txt

One problem is end-user education.  I just bought my first wireless 
access point and the documentation of it really doesn't mention what 
security protocol is best but instead it says to hide the SSID which 
from my limited knowledge doesn't really provide any security.

My question also is why the AP manufacturer don't enable encryption by 
default with a random preshared password string.  That way the end user 
at least has to go in and read the key before being able to use it. 
Most people live with the rule "if it works don't touch it" which also 
applies to APs and those do work out of the box without touching them.

Finally one also has to accept the option that some people actually want 
to give people a chance to access the Internet for free to check e-mail 
and such.  I'm considering something in that regards.  Of course if that 
should happen the speed would need to be throttled so I still get most 
of the bandwidth.  Also I'm not sure what my neighbors would think of 
all the parked cars in front of my house. :)

   Claus