Cable Forum - View Single Post - WEP, WPA or MAC Filtering

mischievious · 28-02-2009, 22:53

Fearmongering is mostly at the core of this stuff.

Yes WEP can be cracked fairly easily, however your wireless router has a max range and at a guess is advertised at 300 or so meters. This is also reduced by the fabric of your abode. e.g. some houses cannot get wireless upstairs if the router is downstairs.

Which basically means someone attempting to break into your router is either a neighbour or parked outside your house. Following this line the said person is either simply trying to get free broadband or hack your system.

Either way just getting connected to your router doesn't automatically give access to your computer. It doesn't work that way.

One primary argument you will see is something like Online Banking. Even if someone were to get access to your router the other party even scanning promiscuously will still see SSL encrypted traffic.

There are many steps to totally cracking a system not one.

28-02-2009, 22:53	#36
mischievious Inactive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Somewhere in the UK Services: Sky Posts: 255	Re: WEP, WPA or MAC Filtering - Which is best Fearmongering is mostly at the core of this stuff. Yes WEP can be cracked fairly easily, however your wireless router has a max range and at a guess is advertised at 300 or so meters. This is also reduced by the fabric of your abode. e.g. some houses cannot get wireless upstairs if the router is downstairs. Which basically means someone attempting to break into your router is either a neighbour or parked outside your house. Following this line the said person is either simply trying to get free broadband or hack your system. Either way just getting connected to your router doesn't automatically give access to your computer. It doesn't work that way. One primary argument you will see is something like Online Banking. Even if someone were to get access to your router the other party even scanning promiscuously will still see SSL encrypted traffic. There are many steps to totally cracking a system not one.