[KLUG Members] vnc over internet recommendations

[Mark Bystry]

yeah, you're right. that's good advice. i've done everything except #5.

Mark Bystry
SuSE 9.3 Pro
KDE 3.4.0


Adam Tauno Williams wrote the following on 6/6/2005 8:19 AM:
>>ahhh. just learned something then. thanks.
>>i have 4 pc's at home and i have their mac addresses in my router.
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> It it certainly not a bad idea,  it is always best to have multiple
> layers of security.
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> 1. Disable WEP
> 2. Enter the MACs allowed if possible
> 3. Changed the ESSID
> 4. Disable broadcasting
> 5. Encrypt your traffic
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> 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).
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>> 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.
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