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Re: [PLUG] security for home users
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I've done 1-4. But beyond that, I don't even know what the issues are.
So that's why I asked for the basic tutorial. I've just never had to
worry about security and I think it's something I should know about
anyway. Thanks for the suggestions.
> 1. Change the default password on your router!
> 2. Change that default wireless SSID (wireless network id)
> 3. Turn on at the very least WEP, and hopefully WPA or WPA2.
> 4. Possibly look at MAC address filtering on the wireless side
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> #4 isn't overly important if you're doing the other steps.
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Christopher M. Jones <cjones@partialflow.com>
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