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Is Your Router Easy to Hack? Learn How to Properly Secure Your Router
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<blockquote data-quote="vivid" data-source="post: 332970" data-attributes="member: 31598"><p>As pointed out by openwireless.org,</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"</em>WPA2 and other Wi-Fi security schemes protect only against an attacker on your local network, and <strong>provide only nominal protection</strong>. Very often, "securing" your wireless network will not be enough to thwart a determined attacker on your local network from being able to read and manipulate your data. Therefore, the security loss from moving to an open wireless network is less significant than you might realize, <strong>especially if you set up your network to firewall users from each other</strong>—as we recommend in our tutorials whenever possible."</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"Savvy network operators who are concerned about security can also<strong> set up their open networks to use a VPN service</strong>, if they have access to such a service or are willing to pay for access."</p><p></p><p>You should also note that most or all existing router software have various vulnerabilities (eg cross-site scripting) and lack a secure software auto-update mechanism.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vivid, post: 332970, member: 31598"] As pointed out by openwireless.org, [INDENT][I]"[/I]WPA2 and other Wi-Fi security schemes protect only against an attacker on your local network, and [B]provide only nominal protection[/B]. Very often, "securing" your wireless network will not be enough to thwart a determined attacker on your local network from being able to read and manipulate your data. Therefore, the security loss from moving to an open wireless network is less significant than you might realize, [B]especially if you set up your network to firewall users from each other[/B]—as we recommend in our tutorials whenever possible." "Savvy network operators who are concerned about security can also[B] set up their open networks to use a VPN service[/B], if they have access to such a service or are willing to pay for access."[/INDENT] You should also note that most or all existing router software have various vulnerabilities (eg cross-site scripting) and lack a secure software auto-update mechanism. [/QUOTE]
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