[KLUG Members] vnc over internet recommendations

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> ahhh. just learned something then. thanks.
> i have 4 pc's at home and i have their mac addresses in my router.

It it certainly not a bad idea,  it is always best to have multiple
layers of security.

1. Disable WEP
2. Enter the MACs allowed if possible
3. Changed the ESSID
4. Disable broadcasting
5. Encrypt your traffic

Personally I don't view a wireless subnet any differently than a cabled
one.   You don't send data in-the-clear over the Internet, you don't do
it over the ether (radio waves), why would you do it over a piece of
copper? (Maybe at home this is different, but certainly not inside a
company - you have no idea who is plugging what into a switch in some
closet,  you may think you do, but you don't).

>  i have only allowed 4 ip 
> addresses to. i turned wep off because it's a crap shoot if i can get a connection with it on. not 
> all of my cards support wpa. i figured that the mac address thing was secure enough for my 
> neighborhood. perhaps i should re-thinh this.