Wifi security
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shambles1980
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dont use wifi
Dawelio
Active member
Well now for those who DO use it, do you have any tips regarding security for that?
shambles1980
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just use ssl and encryption.
and if your worried about it try antisniffer or some app that has a very similar name.
in general terms an encrypted packet is not going to be read. unencrypted packets can be read.
encryption is key though as it also prevents injected data.
now not saying you cant crack encryption but i wouldnt put it high up on the "things people will be trying to do to a private network they just happened upon"
if your worried about this because of a recent article about bbc detector vans packet sniffing to see who is watching iplayer i really wouldnt worry about that because thats just a wildly inaccurate click bait story.
given the redundancy of internet nodes, the only thing a packet really contains is part of the data that you requested + your ip address so it can find you, i may be wrong but packets do not contain the host address because it does not need that information and over every node hop that host address would have to be changed any way creating latency.
this is not to say that the host is not logged on your end because the system knows where you sent the request for packets too.
And its also much easier to log the incoming requests for packets at the host rather than try to find out where the data came from at the client, unless you have access to the client and can see where the initial request was made.
also packet sizes differ depending on your systems mtu settings. so going back to the whole iplayer sniffing thing.. its just wrong. it states that they know the size of a player packet. but thats totally irrelevant. i could have my mtu set at 15 and every packet i received would be that size.
Personally i would recommend Not using wifi. but if you do, use encryption; it should be on as a default for your router any way.
and if your worried about it try antisniffer or some app that has a very similar name.
in general terms an encrypted packet is not going to be read. unencrypted packets can be read.
encryption is key though as it also prevents injected data.
now not saying you cant crack encryption but i wouldnt put it high up on the "things people will be trying to do to a private network they just happened upon"
if your worried about this because of a recent article about bbc detector vans packet sniffing to see who is watching iplayer i really wouldnt worry about that because thats just a wildly inaccurate click bait story.
given the redundancy of internet nodes, the only thing a packet really contains is part of the data that you requested + your ip address so it can find you, i may be wrong but packets do not contain the host address because it does not need that information and over every node hop that host address would have to be changed any way creating latency.
this is not to say that the host is not logged on your end because the system knows where you sent the request for packets too.
And its also much easier to log the incoming requests for packets at the host rather than try to find out where the data came from at the client, unless you have access to the client and can see where the initial request was made.
also packet sizes differ depending on your systems mtu settings. so going back to the whole iplayer sniffing thing.. its just wrong. it states that they know the size of a player packet. but thats totally irrelevant. i could have my mtu set at 15 and every packet i received would be that size.
Personally i would recommend Not using wifi. but if you do, use encryption; it should be on as a default for your router any way.
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SuB
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Packets sent to-from a vpn can still be read in exactly the same way.
Using a VPN isn't a way to hide that stuff, your request is still sent, it still travels over the internet, it just goes via another node on it's way.
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