AirportExtreme with FreeBSD HostAP

Mike Hoskins mike at adept.org
Wed Mar 26 22:00:18 PST 2003


On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Wes Peters wrote:
> Yup, mac address filtering is even less useful than WEP.  At least WEP
> takes *some* effort to crack. ;^)

It all takes ``some'' effort.  That's the point, sort of like car
alarms that are easily bypassed...  The burgler will usually choose to hit
the car parked beside yours without an alarm.

I never argued wireless was secure, but using a blend of available options
to lock things down as much as possible never hurt.  Although I
freely admit 802.11 has a long way to go.  Besides, rad_auth is overkill
for a home proxy.  ;)

-mrh



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