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| Joe Bob |
 Nov 25 2006, 10:04 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times  Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None  |
click me....
If you don't care if your WIFI is locked down or not...at least change the password so that you can't be hacked..... GEEZ.....I drove around my brother in laws house with my lap top and found 30 unsecured units in 5 minutes..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Above is a link to the Linksys WRT54G which is the most popular in my 'hood.... |
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| SirAndy |
Nov 25 2006, 10:09 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,688 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(mikez @ Nov 25 2006, 08:04 PM)  GEEZ.....I drove around my brother in laws house with my lap top and found 30 unsecured units in 5 minutes..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) yepp, if i were ever planning on doing something illegal on the web (which i'm not, of course), that's how i would do it. hijack someone else's wireless, get one of their IPs through DHCP, then go out and hack the crap out of my target. it all traces back to their wireless routers public IP and by the time the feds show up at their house, i'm long gone ... again, this is hypothetically speaking ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif) Andy |
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| Joe Bob |
Nov 25 2006, 10:14 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
EVERYONE had the defaults for the router passwords and I was able to access all the pages....not hard. I could have shut them ALL down....but I wasn't bored enuff....
the only way to get access after a benign hacker disables them is to push the reset button in the back of the unit...IF they know this.....betya they call tech support and "Habib" in New Delhi has no asnwer....., kinda like a drive by whack upside the head....safer than cow tipping.....bet ya they don't even know where the "Stoopid book" is..... |
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| KaptKaos |
Nov 25 2006, 10:20 PM
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Family Group: Members Posts: 4,009 Joined: 23-April 03 From: Near Wausau Member No.: 607 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
If you have kids, you need to make sure that they are not using other peoples' WiFi. This is this an issue for you and your family and whatever guidelines you want to set for Internet use. If they can access the web without your knowledge, then any protections you put into place may be moot.
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| SirAndy |
Nov 25 2006, 10:21 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,688 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(mikez @ Nov 25 2006, 08:14 PM) EVERYONE had the defaults for the router passwords and I was able to access all the pages....not hard. I could have shut them ALL down....but I wasn't bored enuff.... problem is, it's all plug & play ... most people don't even *KNOW* that their router has a webpage that allows you to manage it's internal settings ... and that they all have the *SAME* default password. which is about as good as *NO* password ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) Andy |
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| Joe Bob |
Nov 25 2006, 10:30 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
RTFB
I locked down my niece's unit.....and the immediate bitch was that her friends couldn't use her ISP w/o having to use/enter the 128 bit encrypted password...... KILL ME NOW...... |
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| Mid_Engine_914 |
Nov 25 2006, 10:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 195 Joined: 22-September 06 From: Left Coast Member No.: 6,888 |
I don't think most people could find my wireless network 'cause I don't broadcast my SSID.
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| Allan |
Nov 25 2006, 10:39 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
Ours is a secured wireless network. We do detect unsecured networks occasionally, especially with Linksys in the neighborhood but since we don't know who they are we can't notify them...
So secure your wireless network during the set-up and periodically change your pass word.... |
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| Dr Evil |
Nov 25 2006, 10:41 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,002 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I only reacently caught on and changed mine to secure encryption with password protection. Where I live it is very low tech and rural so not a huge threat, but when I was visiting over at my friends dorm on campus he showed me how many unsecure networks there were. I quickly learned.
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| smontanaro |
Nov 26 2006, 12:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,190 Joined: 3-June 05 From: Evanston, IL Member No.: 4,197 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ Nov 25 2006, 10:21 PM) most people don't even *KNOW* that their router has a webpage that allows you to manage it's internal settings ... and that they all have the *SAME* default password. which is about as good as *NO* password ... I just installed a new D-Link DI-624 a couple days ago. The default password is the empty string... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Skip |
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| ClayPerrine |
Nov 26 2006, 08:47 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,537 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
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I don't do WiFi at home... I really don't think its mature enough to be secure. Cat6 cable can't be hacked without getting into the house, and my house has plenty of jacks scattered through the house for internet access.
At work we have a 128bit encryption and a WEP key on the wireless. My next step is to go to smart cards and certificates to access the wireless. Oh.. and my neighbor had his wireless wide open. I set it up to use MAC address filtering, and changed the default password. He hasn't noticed I did him the favor. |
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| grantsfo |
Nov 26 2006, 10:21 AM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
or you could move to Mountain View and not worry about your own personal WiFi network.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/fre...ntain-view.html |
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| rick 918-S |
Nov 26 2006, 11:06 AM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,503 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Sounds like a possible summer job for some young savvy computer kid. Like mowing lawns only without all the sweat. You drive around surfing the neighborhoods looking for unsecure access. Thne knock, knock, knock. Hey lady can I fix your security problem? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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