You need port blocking and packet filtering on all machines directly accessible from the wireless subnet. Otherwise you're wide open to any drive-by hacker.
It's easier when you own your own house, of course. No problem running wires.
128 bit WEP, the router has a built in firewall, though it may need to be configured more, and the PC is still running Tiny Personal Firewall, since it used to be the only thing online.
WEP is OK but easily broken due to a design flaw; don't give up the firewall on the PC, and maybe add one to the mac.
When I get my wireless configured right, it will be hooked into the network outside the firewall, leaving all my household PC's hardwired inside. Then I can leave the wireless net mostly open, with a firewall of its own that only lets through ssh and http, and maybe a few others.
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Don't forget the firewalls
It's easier when you own your own house, of course. No problem running wires.
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When I get my wireless configured right, it will be hooked into the network outside the firewall, leaving all my household PC's hardwired inside. Then I can leave the wireless net mostly open, with a firewall of its own that only lets through
sshandhttp, and maybe a few others.Re: Don't forget the firewalls