You give exactly one good reason to use WEP, and that's if you have equipment that doesn't support anything better than WEP. ONE.
The rest? You're suggesting that somebody rely on security through obscurity in an era where people are known to drive around looking for unprotected and/or weak encryption so they can get in? Seriously?
Your telco has shown greater awareness of the utility (and dangers) of WEP in that one statement than you have acknowledged. WEP is the wireless equivalent of hanging up a sign saying "I'm clueless, please come in and destroy my systems so as to teach me a lesson."
I mean, it's called "accidental connection prevention" for a reason: It would take someone at least two attempts to get onto your network, instead of the one that would be required of a wide open network.
Add in what anybody can do once they're on your network, and the advice you've given is, at best, laughable. At worst, it might be legally actionable as malfeasance or negligence. A random attacker could get onto the network, wipe out anything (once they're inside the firewall, chances are good that the rest of the security is toast), throw in some new viruses for the hosts to deal with, download enough copyrighted material to get you involved in an MPAA/RIAA lawsuit, and then go after some child porn to get the government interested in you.
You've just told people that "Hey, you don't need a lock. No one's going to do anything to you." That's the same sort of attitude that made IE6 the cesspit of malware that it became. My best advice to you is to never admit to having made such statements to any potential employer, or else be prepared to work in IT departments where the best days are "Well, we only broke 5 out of 8 servers. We're improving!"
Yes, I'm a little frustrated. People like you are the reason people like me get called on all too often to clean up somebody else's computer.
The rest? You're suggesting that somebody rely on security through obscurity in an era where people are known to drive around looking for unprotected and/or weak encryption so they can get in? Seriously?
Your telco has shown greater awareness of the utility (and dangers) of WEP in that one statement than you have acknowledged. WEP is the wireless equivalent of hanging up a sign saying "I'm clueless, please come in and destroy my systems so as to teach me a lesson."
I mean, it's called "accidental connection prevention" for a reason: It would take someone at least two attempts to get onto your network, instead of the one that would be required of a wide open network.
Add in what anybody can do once they're on your network, and the advice you've given is, at best, laughable. At worst, it might be legally actionable as malfeasance or negligence. A random attacker could get onto the network, wipe out anything (once they're inside the firewall, chances are good that the rest of the security is toast), throw in some new viruses for the hosts to deal with, download enough copyrighted material to get you involved in an MPAA/RIAA lawsuit, and then go after some child porn to get the government interested in you.
You've just told people that "Hey, you don't need a lock. No one's going to do anything to you." That's the same sort of attitude that made IE6 the cesspit of malware that it became. My best advice to you is to never admit to having made such statements to any potential employer, or else be prepared to work in IT departments where the best days are "Well, we only broke 5 out of 8 servers. We're improving!"
Yes, I'm a little frustrated. People like you are the reason people like me get called on all too often to clean up somebody else's computer.
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