[CLUE-Tech] Linux and Wireless

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WEP is more secure than no WEP. However, WEP is very easy to crack. You
would probably be more better tunneling through ssh or stunnel over an
unecrypted link! Also, packets can be filtered to allow only certain MAC
addresses to use the link. I believe that MAC addresses can also be
spoofed.

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On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:35:22 -0700
"Paul Bille" <Paul at eBille.cudenver.edu> wrote:

> > "groundlevel of my wash park brick bungalow . . ."
> 
> Stone walls . . . looking out over an beautiful grounds (Wash Park) .
> .. Sounds like a castle to me.
> 
> > ". . . how you use that securely may be a good KISS session."
> 
> Match did a presentation in November:
> http://bille.cudenver.edu/clue/calendar/021112b.html - Setting up a
> Wireless LAN
> 
> He mentioned encryption in the context of setting it up without
> broadcasting the key over the RF link.  I got the impression it was
> reasonably secure.
>