James Kelly on 15 Oct 2004 20:19:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] OT: Large Wireless Network on the Cheap


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Paul wrote:
| Crackers connecting to the access point could attack the clients
| directly through their unencrypted channels.  I'm assuming that most
| clients do not have their own firewalls.  (Is that a reasonable
| assumption?)  The access point would have to restrict access to the VPN
| port only to protect against that.  Again, there's that trade-off
| between convenience and security since non-VPN clients would not be able
| to use the network.

But why is this any more of a vulnerability using a VPN vs WPA?
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