Computer Basics : How to Secure a Wireless Internet Connection
A wireless connection should be secured so that only authorized people can access the network. Find out how most wireless configuration utilties are browser-based with help from an IT professional in this free video on wireless Internet connections.Expert: Matt Berkowitz Contact: enduserblues.blogspot.com/ Bio: Matt Berkowitz is an IT professional specializing in end-user support for internal networking and hardware-related functions. Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge
Yes, this is extemely helpful. I know a lot more of the wifi world now. Thank you for your expertise! =)
WEP is very weak. Even if the user has a password that’s not guessable, it’s possible to break in, without having to guess passwords. I believe the reason is that WEP has a flaw, where an encoding method of sorts, is being repeated, making it possible to reverse engineer it, so to say, after collecting a few minutes of communication…
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Hi HY, sorry for my sloppy message.
I think you’re understanding it. Yes, even with the best encryption possible, if the user picks a simple password based on a word found in the dictionary, the hacker could find that password, simply by trying every word in the dictionary, even though that might take a while.
Anything better than WEP I believe is not crackable, or, at least, never has been successfully cracked.
What? Can you please explain to me what you said about the “WEP (WPA, WPA2),” and the non-dictionary password thing? I think you said to choose a password that is not a real based word. Make some giberrish? Correct me if I am wrong. Thank you! =) Please reply back!
To my knowledge, only the older WEP encryption method can be fairly easily cracked. There are programs out there that a scripting kiddie can use to listen to your internet connection for about 5 minutes as you use your connection, and then it will reveal “a password” or “the password” that will then allow them to start using your internet account.
Anything above WEP (WPA, WPA2) with a non-dictionary password (eg. table4yamm) simply will not be cracked.
great job ive learned a good deal about computers from watching youtube videos like this i think the people who take the time to do these are good plus its free
TKIP has better support for network drivers but the encryption isn’t as strong as AEP. I use AEP though and I have no problem with it. Linksys should support it and I recommend that over TKIP.
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you secure your network, or, you can let your wifi open, and change the name of your network to “use my wifi, i will look up the IP and i will go throu everything you looked at on the internet on my network, have fun”
And no, WPA can’t be broken when implemented correctly. If you choose a simple passphrase like some word out of the dictionary, you’re going to be vulnerable but the same thing applies to WPA2. What you need to do is make sure you choose a random alpha-numeric passphrase that’s a minimum of 10-12 characters. The key difference is whether you choose something completely random or not. Using a bunch of English dictionary words no matter how long and repeated isn’t going to make much difference
This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. WEP is completely broken, not more or less.
WPA is the same as WPA2 as far as crypto is concerned. It’s whether you use TKIP or AES encryption in either WPA or WPA2 mode that makes the difference.
eFag
I CANT SEE SHIT!!!!
if your gonna be playing online games then wireless does suck.. but other than that if you have an area you can’t get cable to.. wireless is the way to go
Wireless suck.
C-C-C-Combo Breaker!
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