[MLB-WIRELESS] How not to go war driving....

Ryan Abbenhuys sneeze at alphalink.com.au
Mon Nov 24 11:20:18 EST 2003


My AP is completely open for anyone to connect to.  I've logged pretty much
every unknown MAC address that has connected to it.  I'm suprised there
haven't been more. :-\

00:d0:59:c8:68:5a
00:04:23:5b:b4:77
00:04:23:57:ff:54
00:02:8a:29:8a:69
00:04:23:7c:46:1c
00:e0:63:82:f7:49
00:04:23:7c:55:9a

A couple of these are pretty regular, at least every couple of days there's
a connection which is rather strange.  They usually don't grab an IP from
dhcp, and pass no traffic.

>> I liken WEP to a clublock.  A deterrent more than anything.
>
>Yeah, bit like a "Keep off the grass" sign.  It will stop the casual
>wardriver, but certainly no barrier to someone determined to get in.
>
>ATM, my AP is highly secure, it's off most of the time... makes it kind of
>hard to crack. :-)
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