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True or False? (Wireless network security)
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Jun 9, 2005, 11:10 AM
 
Say i have the latest powerbook with airport.

Say i buy this wireless router and use it with my powerbook:

http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...5&prid=608

I then turn on WPA:

To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G Access Point can encode all wireless transmissions with up to 256-bit encryption, and supports both Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and the industrial-strength wireless security of Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA).
Say someone cracks in...(somehow, from what i understand its easy to crack 48bit wep but much much harder for 128 bit and is 256bit breaking even possible?)

Since i have no filesharing (or when I do its password protected) they still really can only see my network traffic (which unfortunately, might be my email username and password but i am looking into tunneling)

true or false?
     
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Jun 9, 2005, 03:25 PM
 
All networking questions belong in the forum of that name.

tooki
     
   
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