Secure WIFI - another daft question

HugoSP

I have an Orange Livebox and assume that my connection is secure, on the basis that each piece of hardware that connects to it needs to have the 26 didgit WEP key entered into it.

Am I correct or do I need extra security?

My neighbour tells me that an IT chap she uses on occasion managed to get onto a neighbour's wifi connection unauthorised for an innocant task, she didn't know who's.

amcluesent

WEP is not a 'strong' encryption, so that keys can be obtained from listening-in to data being transmitted on your network. WPA or WPA2 encryption is believed to be more secure.

phill79

amcluesent wrote: »

WEP is not a 'strong' encryption, so that keys can be obtained from listening-in to data being transmitted on your network. WPA or WPA2 encryption is believed to be more secure.

WEP is nothing more than something to keep the rookie hacker from quickly accessing your network. You can crack WEP very easily.

WPA2 with a strong key is the best option at the moment.

Nikolai

I have a livebox, and the default wifi security is actually WPA, although in the options pages in the router config it refers to a WEP key. It should be secure enough.

Nikolai

I have used my livebox with both windows running the wireless connection (on my laptop) and using the Wanadoo supplied software. I can confirm that when using windows you have to enter WPA-PSK when setting it up. When using their software there is only one place to enter a key, they refer to it as a wep key on dialog boxes, but it is in fact WPA as it confirms when displaying the security.

devizes18193

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/01/securitymatters_0110

for a differnt take , ok he is in the usa but he make a good case