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<blockquote data-quote="ZeroDay" data-source="post: 830228" data-attributes="member: 11608"><p>Hiding your SSID will almost certainly make any bad actors want to delve deeper and see why you've enabled that feature. A lot of bad actors may just sutomactily think that you're simply trying to make your WIFI a little bit harder yo find incase one of your neighbours try hiding your WIFI.</p><p></p><p>Its something I've done for years. And, along with manually typing in all the mac address's for the devices in my household into my router and locking the router down to only allow those devices. As stated above I also change both my router console password on a semi regular basis and my WIFI password. And, instead of creating a guest account I've got a mobile router that I only switch on if a visitor asks if they can login to my WIFI to check their emails etc so as to save their mobile data.</p><p></p><p>I also don't use my home network to share files between devices. I like to lock each device down as much as I can so each one is isolated to a degree from other devices on my network.</p><p></p><p>I also use a separate hardware firewall.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the post above - I think it would be a great idea if we started discussing home network security more. From simple things we can do to help protect our network, to software we can uses and hardware. Including building your own home hardware firewall. </p><p></p><p>The OP has provoked a good discussion indeed. And we all have different ways of doing things, so it doesn't matter if a user is s guru or just tech savvy enough to get by we can all learn from each other. </p><p></p><p>Discussions such as this also helps refresh peoples memory and awareness regarding home network security.</p><p></p><p>Improving home network security can range from completely free only requiring a bit of your time or people could spend a tiny amount of money and build their own home hardware firewall etc. Or people can spend a lot of money and make sure their home network is using the latest home network security hardware available. </p><p></p><p>I'm looking forward to further replies on this thread. </p><p></p><p>Microsoft could possibly make a lot of money building a next gen router similar to Gryphon or even the Bitdefender box. But, none of us would trust it for obvious reasons, telementery etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ZeroDay, post: 830228, member: 11608"] Hiding your SSID will almost certainly make any bad actors want to delve deeper and see why you've enabled that feature. A lot of bad actors may just sutomactily think that you're simply trying to make your WIFI a little bit harder yo find incase one of your neighbours try hiding your WIFI. Its something I've done for years. And, along with manually typing in all the mac address's for the devices in my household into my router and locking the router down to only allow those devices. As stated above I also change both my router console password on a semi regular basis and my WIFI password. And, instead of creating a guest account I've got a mobile router that I only switch on if a visitor asks if they can login to my WIFI to check their emails etc so as to save their mobile data. I also don't use my home network to share files between devices. I like to lock each device down as much as I can so each one is isolated to a degree from other devices on my network. I also use a separate hardware firewall. I agree with the post above - I think it would be a great idea if we started discussing home network security more. From simple things we can do to help protect our network, to software we can uses and hardware. Including building your own home hardware firewall. The OP has provoked a good discussion indeed. And we all have different ways of doing things, so it doesn't matter if a user is s guru or just tech savvy enough to get by we can all learn from each other. Discussions such as this also helps refresh peoples memory and awareness regarding home network security. Improving home network security can range from completely free only requiring a bit of your time or people could spend a tiny amount of money and build their own home hardware firewall etc. Or people can spend a lot of money and make sure their home network is using the latest home network security hardware available. I'm looking forward to further replies on this thread. Microsoft could possibly make a lot of money building a next gen router similar to Gryphon or even the Bitdefender box. But, none of us would trust it for obvious reasons, telementery etc. [/QUOTE]
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