How to make your wireless network secure
By Jon Gordon
Minnesota Public Radio
December 10, 2001
Recommendations for people deploying wireless networks to increase security.
Recommendations to reduce exposure to "war driving," and mitigate the effects of an attack, include:
Use WEP, the encryption tool included with your wireless hardware, and avoid having the encryption key set to one of the commonly-known defaults.
If you use an 802.11 wireless network, you should employ other means along with WEP to protect that network.
Consider deploying a VPN (virtual private network), which would allow your communications to tunnel securely over the Internet.
"War drive" past your own corporation, and see what you find, before a bad guy does it for you.
Be aware that your transmissions extend beyond the perimeter of your building.
Be aware that your network name, or "SSID," doesn't serve as your secret password.
(Source: Sans Institute)
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