How secure is your home Wi-fi?
It is certainly true that most homes today have at least a wireless broadband connection or two. A broadband connection (wired or wireless) is a form of high-speed network connection that allows users get connected to the Internet. Wireless broadband connection is a broadband connection that does not require the user to plug network cables from her laptop or PC to the access point before it can be connected to the Internet. So that the user can use her laptop, PC or desktop in any apartment without much hassles of moving network cables around the home. The easy of using your desktop or laptop in any room of your convenient without clattered loose cables is beautiful and appealing. But, with this leisure comes a concern.
The concern is how many home Wi-fi's are secure? I want to believe that all home wi-fi's are secure, but unfortunately, most of these connections are not secure. Some of the connections have no security mechanisms, no authentication and no encryption either. There are countless home wi-fi connections that are open, allowing anyone to use the connection. And consequently, allowing home laptops, PCs or desktops to be easily hacked and compromised. Not only would these computers be compromised, the attacker can then use the home wi-fi to step up multiple attack points to invade and penetrate other computers, leaving the liability of any abuse to the home wi-fi owner.
Here are easy things to do to secure you wi-fi connection.
1) Ask your wireless broadband provider to assign a secureID to your connection, and provide you with the password. Once you've logged on for the first time, please change the password to a new password you can remember. Make sure not to write your password on a piece of paper or in a book or folder.
2) Setup your connection not to accept any incoming wireless connection without a password. That is, do not accept insecure communications.
3) Install a personal firewall on your desktop, laptop or PC, and ensure it's properly setup to monitor activities that go on in your computer. Also, the firewall must be configured to inspect your wireless connection. Always check firewall logs to ensure that you're aware of what may be going on behind the scene.
4) Ensure you change your wireless connection password regularly.
5) Ensure you have an intrusion detection system running on your computer or laptop. IDS help to alert you what maybe happening behind the scenes.
Thanks, and hope this will offer some assistance to some home users.
The concern is how many home Wi-fi's are secure? I want to believe that all home wi-fi's are secure, but unfortunately, most of these connections are not secure. Some of the connections have no security mechanisms, no authentication and no encryption either. There are countless home wi-fi connections that are open, allowing anyone to use the connection. And consequently, allowing home laptops, PCs or desktops to be easily hacked and compromised. Not only would these computers be compromised, the attacker can then use the home wi-fi to step up multiple attack points to invade and penetrate other computers, leaving the liability of any abuse to the home wi-fi owner.
Here are easy things to do to secure you wi-fi connection.
1) Ask your wireless broadband provider to assign a secureID to your connection, and provide you with the password. Once you've logged on for the first time, please change the password to a new password you can remember. Make sure not to write your password on a piece of paper or in a book or folder.
2) Setup your connection not to accept any incoming wireless connection without a password. That is, do not accept insecure communications.
3) Install a personal firewall on your desktop, laptop or PC, and ensure it's properly setup to monitor activities that go on in your computer. Also, the firewall must be configured to inspect your wireless connection. Always check firewall logs to ensure that you're aware of what may be going on behind the scene.
4) Ensure you change your wireless connection password regularly.
5) Ensure you have an intrusion detection system running on your computer or laptop. IDS help to alert you what maybe happening behind the scenes.
Thanks, and hope this will offer some assistance to some home users.
posted by Cyril at 1:09 PM
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