[ale] kismet

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

If only you could buy tempest in bulk ;)

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, James P. Kinney III wrote:

> You left out:
>
> Cover the entire house in copper foil using a properly made mechanical
> joint then a solder joint. Ensure that all openings are smaller than
> (less than 1/3) the wavelength of the blocked spectrum or use a tubed
> approach with appropriate, well grounded baffles and turns. All windows
> should be replaced with video cameras and screens coupled with a
> magnetic induction connection.
>
> And make sure the foil beanie cap is worn at all times.
>
> On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 10:41, Hogg, Russell E wrote:
> >
> > -VPN is the best thing
> > -Then use WEP (128)
> > -Then MAC filtering
> > -Then get rid of DHCP (make em work harder to get an IP)
> > -Also you can use the correct antenna to limit your coverage area.
> > Remember that lots of people have better client antennas than you and
> > there are 8 watt 2.4 ghz amps out the floating around, but not many
> > people have them in their cars.
> >
> > -Turn off BROADCAST if you can (some cards wont work without it)
> > -Change your SSID to something that doesn't describe you (don't use
> > your name or address or anything that could help a "social engineer"
> >
> > -make sure you change the default passwords to your AP.
> >
> > If you got real security concerns look at the networks security
> > appliances from AirDefense.
> >
> >
> >
> > Russ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > __________________________________
> > ctcrreho at opm.gov
> >
> >
> > -> -----Original Message-----
> > -> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
> > -> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:34 AM
> > -> To: ale at ale.org
> > -> Subject: Re: [ale] kimset
> > ->
> > -> cfowler wrote:
> > -> > A VPN is part of an acceptable solution.  But that only protects
> > the
> > -> > data in that tunnel.  the #1 problem is that 802.11b allows
> > anyone to
> > -> > :"plug-in".  Its the same as me dragging a 100' piece of cat-5
> > from my
> > -> > 100mb switch to the curb at home.  Anyone can plug that in and I
> > can
> > -> not
> > -> > stop them.  What I have to do is secure it and make it difficult
> > to
> > -> > plug-in so that someone may not be motivated enough to do it.
> > ->
> > -> I love this stuff.  I was not aware of that.  Cool.  So, how is
> > this
> > -> done?  Firewall and such, as well as restricting connectivity via
> > Mac?
> > -> Do these devices have mac addresses?
> > ->
> > -> What else do you do to secure this thing?  (image of cat5 cable
> > flopping
> > -> around in the front yard....)
> > ->
> > ->
> > -> --
> > -> Until later: Geoffrey                esoteric at 3times25.net
> > ->
> > -> The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > -> Think about it...
> > ->
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