Originally Posted by Stormbringer Originally Posted by

WEP has a known design flaw in the encryption algorithm - by capturing raw pakets with an wireless sniffer (AirSnort and other auditing tools like this) you are able to "sniff" the encryption key in use.



Using 128-Bit WEP encryption will only make it a little more harder to sniff the key, but not impossible (in the end it's the software that's doing all the rocket-science for you).



- If your wireless router has an option to allow only specific MAC addresses use this option to tighten your security (input the MAC addresses of all your wireless cards). It won't protect you if the MAC gets faked by an attacker, but it's an additional step to make your wireless radio a little more secure.



- DISABLE the broadcast of your ESSID (that's the ID of the wireless router) - it'll be harder to find by using sniffers if it's "stealth" (not announcing itself to the rest of the world next to you). If you need to connect a new device you should know the name (ID) of your wireless router - so you're able to input it.



Being a little paranoid when it comes to wireless ethernet is always a good idea.



Storm.