Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Wireless piggybacking

And I thought only Singapore resorted to jailing people for petty crimes. My opinion is that the impetus is for the government or law enforcement agencies to educate the public on how to secure their wireless networks and use warning banners. I am all for taking actions against criminals who break into wireless networks that have been secured but not those who hop onto unsecured wireless networks to surf the net. If you didn't secure your home wireless network, you can't blame others when they connect to your network.
A few tips to securing your home wireless networks:
  1. Change the default username and password of your wireless gateway.
  2. Change the default wireless network name and make it unique.
  3. Enable the built-in firewall.
  4. Enable wireless encryption by using the latest encryption standards (such as WPA and WPA2).
  5. Disable SSID broadcasting.
  6. Configure MAC filtering.

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