When you support small offices, home offices, and remote offices, you often run across older wireless equipment. Equipment that’s likely secured with MAC filtering and perhaps a hidden SSID and WEP encryption.
I think most techs would agree that MAC filtering alone isn’t going to secure a wireless network and that even WEP and a hidden SSID aren’t much better. But, does MAC filtering at least keep out the lazy hackers? In this IT Dojo video, I show you just how easy it is to spoof a MAC address.
After watching the video, you can read the original tip in Chad Perrin’s article, “How to spoof a MAC address”. For more wireless security tips, check out the following TechRepublic Resources:
- Tips for small businesses who don’t want to skip security
- Wi-Fi thief’s tale reminds IT to enforce home office security
- 10 technologies that cybercriminals love to exploit
- 10 things you should know about securing wireless connections
- 10 Wi-Fi security tips for road warriors
- 10 ways to prepare for a wireless rollout
- 10 things you should do to protect your network against wireless devices
- A secure wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users
- Why VPN can’t replace Wi-Fi security
- Debrief and Defend: Why our organization should not deploy wireless
- Debrief and Defend: Wired vs. wireless LANs
- TechRepublic’s ultimate guide to enterprise wireless LAN security
- Secure your Bluetooth wireless networks and protect your data
- TechRepublic’s Wireless Communications Policy
- Wireless Networking Survival Guide
- Strengthen your wireless security by avoiding these missteps
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