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how do you secure your airport network?
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i have an Airport Extreme base and some Expresses. i use WPA2 along with limiting the access to only specifically listed MAC addresses, which include only the computers we own. it is also a closed network so it doesn't display the name. you can set this all from Airport Admin Utility or from the interface on your wireless router (usually web based).
Your router should have come with an off-line web-page configuration tool. The URL will be in the instructions. It's usually on the first page as it's what your router uses to initiate itself as your network. It is that URL that prompted you for your username and password when you first set it up. You'll be able to log in there and select the security that you'd like to useproverbs said:
.semaja2 said:on my linksys router ive got wpa-radius setup with the non broadcast of ssid and a mac filter so it would be extremly hard to get into my network
Well, not really. MAC's can easily be forged, your SSID and MAC addresses can be found easily with passive scanning. WPA is more secure than WEP, but not secure enough for me. Go with ipsec to be safe...
ipwitch said:
lol well i think you under estimate the wpa-raidus only way to get in on that is to get a computer certificate from my server and a user account on the network, after that when you reach the network you need to vpn into the server which also requires a user certificate then after you vpn your finally on the network
PS i know its alot of security but im a paranoid man
semaja2 said:on my linksys router ive got wpa-radius setup with the non broadcast of ssid and a mac filter so it would be extremly hard to get into my network
What are you using as a Radius server?
i use microsoft IAS on a windows server and i use ISA 2004 vpn and firewall
PS WPA is breakable but WPA-RADIUS makes its almost unbreakable becuase of the radius server doing the authication and encryption
PSS the encryption over this whole link is very very tight due to about 3 layers of encryption
PS WPA is breakable but WPA-RADIUS makes its almost unbreakable becuase of the radius server doing the authication and encryption
PSS the encryption over this whole link is very very tight due to about 3 layers of encryption
No it doesn't. But it is unnecessary and an inconvenience when you have a powerful encryption. The most annoying thing is going to someone's house and connecting to their internet and they have to add you MAC first.retasi said:
It pretty much only breakable by brute-force and bad passwords. Use non-dictionary words. Add numbers. Add caps. Make the password long. I just use random characters that mean absolutely nothing. Virtually unbreakable.semaja2 said:
EDIT: By the way. WPA is said to be breakable with 4-5 Million packets. The problem is that the shared key changes often in WPA. No key will ever be used more than a few thousand times. Unbreakable.
grapes911 said:
Yes, use words that don't mean nuthin', like loopid. But don't use "loopid," because Humpty Hump thought of that one first.
Actually, it sucks. Besides WEP, it's the easiest to crack. There is no need to even turn it, especially if you have a good encryption like WPA.semaja2 said: