I wont tell you the links but the encryption in wifi wep and wpa can be cracked with your simple lan card and a software.It gave be chills knowing that even a secure connection is not secure enough.i dont have the expertise to crack it as it takes some programming language.
just wanted to tell you all hassle free netizens.
wires are better than wireless
I agree it is easy to crack WEP, however cracking WPA is not that easy, but it is impossible on a random wi-fi network that has proper password.
Pls stop scaring people without complete knowledge.
Here is interesting statistic that you may not know
"208,827,064,576 possible ways to create the minimum eight-letter password, it would take more than 53710 days just to be sure that the passphrase isn't as simple as "aaaaaaaa"
if you use a weak password, any secure network can be cracked. The minimum password requirement for a wpa-psk network is 20 characters.
On my wpa-psk network my password length is 63 character long. (That means a lots and lots of combination). IMAGINE TRYING TO BREAK A 63 CHARACTER PASSWORD.. IT WOULD TAKE AGES !!!
There are online tools available to help you create a secure 63 character password, here is one i like and use
Generate a Secure Password - kurtm.net
for sake of testing purposes... just click on generate and see the password
you can use for your wi-fi
router.
I am not going to tell people how to crack any network either.. but i will provide valuable tips on how to secure it..
This will definitely keep "wifi hackers" away.
All the steps need to be followed in order to secure your network
1. Change your network IP address scheme, default is always 192.168.0.x
or 192.168.1.x. Change it to something like 172.17.x.x or 172.20.x.x
2. Change your subnet
mask to match your requirement ie. if you got only
2 pc's then you need a minimum subnet mask of 255.255.255.248.
This will allow max of 6 devices on the network
3. If you do not want to change the subnet mask, change the max
number of users allowed via DHCP to the minimum required or assign
static IP's to your PC's and turn off DHCP on your router.
4. Assign your router a different IP address, other than the standard
x.x.x.1
5. Change your router password ( pls no wife's name or gf's name)
6. Disable wireless SSID broadcast
7. Enable WPA-PSK encryption and use the strongest possible
password(read above for the website), atleast 63 character long.
8. Enable
MAC-ADDRESS filtering.
9. Enable LOGGING on your router if the feature is available.
10. DO NOT SOCIALIZE YOUR ROUTER INFORMATION IF NOT REQUIRED.
(READ AS .. STOP BRAGGING).
There are few other things that people can do to protect their PC's as if the PC is compromised via the internet.. then securing the wireless network is not good enough.
1. Install antispyware
2. Install a good firewall
3. Install antivirus
4. Block pop-
ups
5. Block flash based ads
6. Block ad's (some of these carry viruses)
7. Do no download "cracked software" as these come with trojans.
Alright.. i think this info is good enough.. if people need more info..let me know..