Hi Dave,

Thank you for the advice, I work in IT so aware of the problems, and have been giving people the same advice.

Regards,

Jason


May 11, 2009 06:44:26 AM, Dave@... wrote:

Cheers for that, Jason  - I get your thread now.

 

Yes  - Sadly even if they DO have "WEP" security switched on, it's still pretty easy to crack if someone knows what they're doing and have the right software.

"WPA" is of course recommended over WEP, but that too is crackable (with a dictionary attack), especially with default or simple Keys.

 

It's important to mention that people should use long complex Keys, which preferably have a good mix of Uppercase, Lowercase, Numerics and other

non-alphanumeric characters (e.g. slashes, hashes, percent, asterisk, etc).

 

Best Rgds, Dave

 

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From: Jason Hearn
Sent: 11 May 2009 10:58
Subject: RE: Braeside, Beckenham

Hi Dave,

I have heard that people drive around and find unprotected wireless connections and use the either to just surf the net, or to pinch users details. Both of which I believe are illegal.

I posted a note through everyone’s door at the weekend, and have offered to help check if their network is secure, we have a number of elderly residents in the road that may not realise.

I have a look myself and found 2 wireless connections in our road that aren’t locked down, still not sure who’s they are yet, but have had a couple of people ask me to check theirs and they are OK.

Does that answer your question?

May 11, 2009 05:03:14 AM, Dave@... wrote:

   

Hi Jason,

 

 

 

I couldn't understand your statement "sounds like someone is using someone’s internet  connection"....

 

 

 

- Could you clarify?

 

 

 

Best Rgds, Dave

 

 

 

 

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 From: Jason Hearn
Sent: 10 May 2009  10:25
Subject: RE: Braeside, Beckenham

 

 

 

Hi  Annette,

 

Thank  you for your email, I have been on holiday but am back now, I will print this  out and let people in the road know to keep a look out. It sounds like someone  is using someone’s internet connection.

 

 

 

 Thank  you for letting us know. 

 

 

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