Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:23:52 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-chat-local@be-well.no-ip.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-03:09.signal Message-ID: <3F397708.7050803@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <44lltyij8s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030811133518.66226B-100000@fledge.watson.org> <3F37D493.9050604@potentialtech.com> <44lltyij8s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > >>Robert Watson wrote: >> >>>On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bill Moran wrote: >>> >>>>You encorage me, Rob. Your story tells me that the "law of >>>>percentages" is in my favor. It's >>>>the same theory that has sold so many car "club"s. If I set up the >>>>wireless networks I install with any measure of security >>>>whatsoever, it's unlikely that they'll get attacked/cracked simply >>>>because there are so many other easy targets. >>> >>>Fear the world in which WEP is considered a effective deterrant :-). >> >>Fear then. For that is currently the world we live in! > > WEP is sufficiently insecure that if and when I get around to using > wireless at home, I'll need to firewall the wireless net heavily in > any case. I may just leave it without WEP for the convenience of > occasional visitors (as long as I don't notice strangers hopping onto > it much). It's a trade-off ... like most security situations. I currently know of no situations that are secured to my liking. The ridiculous rules I try to enforce always seem to go over the convenience threshold and get shot down. That's OK. I get paid to fix things after they're cracked. And if "I told them so", then I don't bother to feel bad about it. However, the number of users I know whose password is "password" is unnerving, to say the least. And ... as far as I'm concerned, WEP is _completly_ insecure, and totally worthless. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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