Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3863 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Henry Tang wrote:
> > > So, is the current generation of wireless lan stuff (router/gateways and
> > > wireless nics, etc.) well protected, by default?  I want to stick with
> > > DHCP and avoid static IP if I can -- I occasionally bring home different
> > > laptops from the office. I'm not supposed to monkey with extra profiles on
> > > the office machines, and they're all set up for DHCP.  What's the
> > > mechanism that's used to ensure that somebody driving past my house can't
> > > grab a connection to my ISP if I deploy a wireless lan? Is exclusivity/
> > > privacy based on MAC addresses or on certificate exchange? or.... what?
> >
> > You'll want to use 128 bit WEP and change the keys occasionally.
>
>
> Yea, occasional key change is good, but using static ip is also good.
> However, on campus, we need to login inorder to use the internet. I wonder
> how that is done. Anyoen know? I could use this as my 3rd security
> barrier.

What does static IP accomplish?  It doesn't take much monitoring to
determine the valid address range.