[Novalug] best way to secure wireless?

[gregory pryzby]

I guess my question is more philosophical in.... why?

I look at it this way. I have Mac OSX and Linux machines. There is no
telnet or broadcasting protocol running. 

If someone wants to use my wireless, they are welcome to it.

That said, I did decide to 'hide' the essid, so someone needs to know
it to get online. 

So, tell me why this is a dumb thing to do.

On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 06:57:46AM -0800, Brandon Saxe wrote:
> What's the best (in your opinion) way to secure wireless 802.11x networks in a
> mix hardware environment with the following support requirements:
> 
> o Legacy hardware that consists of devices only supporting WEP 64 bit
> o Legacy hardware that consists of devices supporting WEP 64/128
> o Newer hardware that can do WPA
> o Linux/Windows clients
> o IPSec VPN clients that need to connect to outside networks
> o L2TP/PPTP VPN clients to outside networks possible
> 
> Is there a way all this stuff can exist together on a secure, wireless network?
> 
> Obviously, the least common denominator in this scenario is the WEP 64-bit
> devices. Is there a software solution you'd recommend?

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