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By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:16:09 +0000

my error, I corrected the article to Murphy’s Law, that’s what I meant in first place.

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:49:51 +0000

So when you said “Make sure you update it using a wired connection because wireless connection tend to become unstable in the wrong moments. (Moore’s law)” you actually meant to finish with “(Murphy’s Law)”?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:57:19 +0000

Murphy’s law:

Murphy’s law is a popular adage in Western culture that most likely originated at Edwards Air Force Base in 1948. The Law broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. “If there’s more than one way to do a job, and one of those ways will result in disaster, then somebody will do it that way.” It is most often cited as “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong” (or, alternately, “Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time,” or, “Anything that can go wrong, will”). /taken from wikipedia/

By: Lincoln

Lincoln — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 09:55:02 +0000

Did you mean Moore’s Law or Murphy’s Law?

By: Iain Cheyne

Iain Cheyne — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 18:16:55 +0000

But why bother when WPA will defeat all hackers?

WPA Passwords from GRC’s passwords page are pretty much unbreakable.

https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:05:00 +0000

Iain I don’t think that MAC filtering and SSID hiding are inconvenient. It just takes a minute or two to setup both. Sure they do not help against attackers who know what they are doing but they could fend off the script kiddie

By: Iain Cheyne

Iain Cheyne — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:38:52 +0000

You can get an excellent overview of Wireless security at the Security Now podcast.

http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm
Episodes 10, 11 and 13

By: Iain Cheyne

Iain Cheyne — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:36:59 +0000

This advice is a bit OTT.

WPA1 with TKIP encryption is enough and has never been cracked. TKIP is more compatible than AES. WPA passwords have been cracked, which is why you should choose a long one.

MAC filtering and SSID hiding give no real protection and are inconvenient for everyone.