[Techtalk] 802.11b

[coldfire]

> 	Yeah.  It's by no means a full security solution, but turning it
> on will at least be a speed bump to a potential attacker.
> (Unfortunately, for a dedicated attacker it will only be a speed bump.
> But hey, at least you're discouraging a few script kiddies.)

usually a big enough speed bump to stop most ... it's a lot easier to find
another open node rather than wait around and crack wep :)

> > on my wireless network, i implement ipsec and ssh tunnels to make sure all
> > airwaves are safe.
>  
> 	Why both?  (Unless you're just used to using ssh in general.)
> IPsec alone should be enough to encrypt all the traffic flowing across
> the wireless LAN.  And because it's a network-layer encryption, it'll do
> all your IP traffic.
> 
> 	Mind you, I'm a big fan of ssh.  I'm just curious as to how/why
> you're using it in conjunction with IPsec.

i don't use ssh tunnels on clients using ipsec ... but on the machines
that don't have ipsec setup :)


coldie