wifi: sharing/hacking

[dani82]

if i decide to leave my wifi connection open, so my neighbors/friends can connect, i will ultimately be held responsible for anything "illegal" they deicde to do; but if i have my connection encrypted, and someone actually hacks the WEP, and does this and that, can i be prosecuted?

studies have shown there might be a link between cellphones and brain cancer (this is just a setup to my next question)

if true, can it really be safe sit directly if front of a wifi antenna?

[Numer0bis]

well I'd rather use wpa encryption instead of wep, wep can easy be cracked by some script kiddies who know nothing.

Hmm well I wouln't call it healthy if you sit directly infront of your wifi antenna. Can't you align the atenna in another direction!

[GodofaGap]

Studies have also shown that drinking a glass of alcohol per day is healthy. But then they kinda forgot that in the tested group of non-drinkers there were also people that were previously alcoholics, which kind of skewed the results. So erm, I wouldn't trust such statistics. There is so much radiation coming from every direction, that it should hardly matter if you are in front of a wifi atenna or not.

[foxyshadis]

Studies have also shown that drinking a glass of alcohol per day is healthy. But then they kinda forgot that in the tested group of non-drinkers there were also people that were previously alcoholics, which kind of skewed the results. So erm, I wouldn't trust such statistics. There is so much radiation coming from every direction, that it should hardly matter if you are in front of a wifi atenna or not.
I've had a wifi base station two feet from my bed for two years, hope I won't end up with cancer. :p

Anyway, what you should really be worried about is living near Cell towers, tv/radio towers, satellite radio terrestrial stations, satellite signals, electric main lines, radar installations, and the many other sources of strong EM radiation. Cell towers in particular because those are the ones the government reads your mind and implants suggestions with. Remember to wear tin foil whenever you talk on your cell.

:p

[HardwareGeek]

if i decide to leave my wifi connection open, so my neighbors/friends can connect, i will ultimately be held responsible for anything "illegal" they deicde to doPlease cite some sources. Being responsible for what your neighbor does with your WiFi connection is news to me. If you know that your neighbor is doing something illegal with your WiFi connection, well, maybe that's different.

if i have my connection encrypted, and someone actually hacks the WEP, and does this and that, can i be prosecuted?By enabling WEP, you are in effect putting up a "no trespassing" sign to outsiders, even tho' WEP can easily be hacked. So I would think that you would be ok, if someone tried to prosecute you. Sometimes one doesn't have the option of secure WPA encryption, because it's not available on some clients.

can it really be safe sit directly if front of a wifi antenna?
If you hear of any reputable studies suggesting that close proximity to a WiFi base stations is harmful, please let us know!

[Draygon]

I didnt go with WEP or WPA, instead I went with Mac address blocking, only those address's that I enter into the router are allowed on my network. Yes, there are ways that mac address's can be spoofed, but that would mean they would have to know mine in order to do so.

[Latexxx]

I didnt go with WEP or WPA, instead I went with Mac address blocking, only those address's that I enter into the router are allowed on my network. Yes, there are ways that mac address's can be spoofed, but that would mean they would have to know mine in order to do so.

The problem is that your solution doesn't prevent data spoofing. Most of your passwords will be transmitted without being encrypted and anybody can just listen your data stream to grab those.

[jggimi]

And your mac address, ip address, and all the rest are sent in the clear.

I don't use WEP or WPA; I use AuthPF for authentication and SSH or OpenVPN for encryption.

[dani82]

just found this: http://techdirt.com/articles/20060320/1636238.shtml

[HardwareGeek]

Yes, there are ways that mac address's can be spoofed, but that would mean they would have to know mine in order to do so.Obtaining your MAC address is easy. Someone does not have to know your MAC address in advance. Please see the book Hacking Exposed. I no longer have access to the book so I can't document for you how at the moment.

WPA with a strong pre-shared key is very secure, last I heard.

@dani82

thx for digging up that article!