Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:20:18 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Subject: Re: wireless and/or routing question Message-ID: <20120113152017.GA3193@tiny> In-Reply-To: <CAFuo_fzYMJ0RT6XL6pWAycr8ufjuTH%2BbAXvPgsr=J6myjKQLGg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFuo_fwnX0w7V7hEO18CNFdjmx=WbV_3fJZ=3pVhZ9wQU13Gzg@mail.gmail.com> <4F0FC951.60409@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAFuo_fyZJtBxX2VB0H7GYro-yiMJaet3rh3SJxwX0hB2Qj%2B8yA@mail.gmail.com> <4F0FDD54.3000402@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAFuo_fzYMJ0RT6XL6pWAycr8ufjuTH%2BbAXvPgsr=J6myjKQLGg@mail.gmail.com>
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El día Friday, January 13, 2012 a las 07:03:11AM -0800, Waitman Gobble escribió: > Hi, > > Thanks. I've always heard countless rumors about WPA being wise :) I'll > take your advice and take a step up in technology. My "stubborn > conservatism" probably roots back to the time when not all devices could do > WPA, or at least I had crazy trouble getting things to work. But this > learned attitude was probably around 2000, which was like a million years > ago with dinosaurs and stuff. Time for me to finally get with it. > > ... Concerning WEP ./. WPA: From the technical point it is clear, WPA is more secure; but there are other aspects as well; we have had in Germany cases where the WAN IP of the AP appeared as source addr of some kind of crime (access to child porn or whatever) and the AP owner said: I'm using WEP, it was not me, and someone highjacked my AP ... and he/she went home as free person; matthias -- Matthias Apitz e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/ UNIX since V7 on PDP-11, UNIX on mainframe since ESER 1055 (IBM /370) UNIX on x86 since SVR4.2 UnixWare 2.1.2, FreeBSD since 2.2.5
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