[Techtalk] Extending the network

Elena Lean elena.lean at u4eatech.com
Thu Apr 29 09:31:00 EST 2004


Also, one can place wireless into DMZ, so extra firewalling would aid in 
event of being compromised.


Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 21:57, Elena Lean wrote:
> 
>>I would agree with Carla that Wifi is not all secure, but it should not
>>be ruled out on the basis of it's insecurity by nature. We all know that
>>defualt setups are pretty slack in that feild as well as others.
>>
>>You can make it secure with a help of VPN, or Radius auth, etc. Plus,
>>with well chosen equipment, it does not have to be slow either.
> 
> 
> The instructor on a Linux course I went on recently had a wireless setup at 
> home.  He used IPSec, and any traffic coming through the wireless network 
> that was not through the IPSec tunnel was just dropped to the floor.
> 
> Might be a bit more work to set up initially, but it is what one would have to 
> do if going out via the internet anyway.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rasjid.
> 
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