Wireless Encryption- Are You Really Secure?

[covertsurfer]

Gone are the days where the wireless encryption (used by most routers) relied upon for security to protect your privacy on the Internet and wireless networks.

The WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption which made its debut in the late 1990’s, has long since expired as a secured means for communication on a wireless network.Between the 2000 and 2004, this encryption level was hacked.

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) the predecessor to the WEP encryption level, which is widely used as the mainstay for today’s wireless security configurations, has now been cracked. In November of 2008 network security researchers managed to compromise the TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) that is used by WPA for secured communications.

If you are accessing a wireless network, is it configured with WPA or WEP? Most people don’t check these things out before they start using wireless networks that don’t belong to them; they are more concerned about making a connection, than the security that connection may provide.

If the wireless network you are using has been compromised, then everything website you visit, every username and password you enter, every email you read, and even the items you download, can be monitored, recorded or even captured by someone for their own financial gain.

How can you protect your identity and privacy while using a wireless network? There are numerous ways that can be very tedious, and then there is the easy way. One of tedious ways would be to only access websites that are secured using SSL, but then again, many still require you to enter a user name and password before the secured connection is established.

The easy way to protect your identity and privacy while using a wireless network is to use a program called Covert Surfer.

Cover Surfer allows you to surf the Internet anonymously and securely by encrypting the data that leaves your computer through the program, and decrypting it when data is received. It contains a registry clean program and automatically erases your Internet cookies when you close the program. In addition, it provides you with a file shredder which destroys any files you don’t want others to discover. Covert Surfer is another great tool in the fight for Internet Identity Protection. It is truly the Global Internet Security Tool which keeps your data safe and cyber spies away from your personal information.

http://www.covertsurfer.com/wireless_encryption.html

[rangaraj1987]

Wireless Network Security is a serious issue and is not to be taken lightly. There are countless tools out there to help hackers compromise your wireless security. So how do you minimize or possibly eliminate the risk of hackers accessing your data? Below I'll list key items to help secure your wireless network; I'll also list a few free tools that hackers use to grab your information. Wireless hackers are commonly referred to as `war drivers' and `war walkers'.
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[tonig_]

wireless encryption? hmmmm
wireless networks are never gonna be safe
me personally have broke in such networks testing my skillz many times

sincerelly but Black Hat Hackerz are getting more and more everyday and they are getting more and more skilled

there are a lot of WEP cracking tools out there
just google it and you'll see

[ashgray2]

Wireless networks have long been known for being insecure. However, there has been so much emphasis on wireless network security, that in some ways, wireless network security is now better than the security used for wired networks. In this article, I will explain why this is the case and how to apply some of the wireless security techniques to your wired network.

[gordo]

Wireless networks have long been known for being insecure. However, there has been so much emphasis on wireless network security, that in some ways, wireless network security is now better than the security used for wired networks. In this article, I will explain why this is the case and how to apply some of the wireless security techniques to your wired network.

Please explain away

[Moonbat]

Wireless networks have long been known for being insecure. However, there has been so much emphasis on wireless network security, that in some ways, wireless network security is now better than the security used for wired networks. In this article, I will explain why this is the case and how to apply some of the wireless security techniques to your wired network.
If you're going to plagarize, at least post the whole article :p

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Wireless-Networks-Surpassed-Security-Wired-Networks.html

[Nickyrash]

Thanks a lot for sharing the good information about wireless communication :)

[Nickyrash]

Hi,

Thanks for sharing this I need still more information about Wireless Network Security

[masheela222]

Wireless Network Security is a serious issue and is not to be taken lightly. There are countless tools out there to help hackers compromise your wireless security. So how do you minimize or possibly eliminate the risk of hackers accessing your data? Below I'll list key items to help secure your wireless network; I'll also list a few free tools that hackers use to grab your information. Wireless hackers are commonly referred to as `war drivers' and `war walkers'.

The first item you'll want to consider when working with Wireless Network Security is identification. Change your SSID to something other than the manufacturer's default and disable broadcasting of your SSID. Many basic wireless scanners will not detect a hidden SSID. Check your wireless network hardware manual for more information on how to do this.
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