[MLB-WIRELESS] Somewhat off-topic - help getting WinXPwirelessWPA 2 and networking working.

[Troy Mitchell]

By using a sniffer in promiscuous mode, something like Kismet would do the
job easily.
Obscurity does not equal security.


-----Original Message-----
From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
[mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Shibby
Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2006 10:08 AM
To: 'Tony Langdon, VK3JED'; 'gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen';
'Melbourne Wireless'
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Somewhat off-topic - help getting
WinXPwirelessWPA 2 and networking working.

So if you set the AP to not broadcast the SSID and have Mac Address
Filtering how is a "hacker" meant to know there is even a AP there?


-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Langdon, VK3JED [mailto:vk3jed at optushome.com.au]
Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2006 9:32 AM
To: Shibby; 'gabrielle harrison and Paul van den Bergen'; 'Melbourne
Wireless'
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Somewhat off-topic - help getting WinXP
wirelessWPA 2 and networking working.

At 11:48 PM 7/29/2006, Shibby wrote:
>Can you connect with no encryption turned on?
>
>If yes....Maybe use Mac Address filtering instead of WPA?

One would hardly call that security.  In fact, it's high on the list of
"Claytons security measures".

MAC addresses can be spoofed, and the traffic is still sent in the clear.
Best to fix the underlying problem.  Make sure all drivers are up to date,
and the firmware on all wireless devices as well.  Updates often fix issues
like this.

73 de VK3JED
http://vkradio.com


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