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Hunter
The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN
George Ou Real World IT

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=43
patchencrypt
weak password.

You always will want a strong password. lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and symbols. No dictionary words at all.
Catweazle
Hello, patchencrypt.

dumbest <-> foolish

I mean that is not the best way, to secure a wireless LAN. That was only Hunters concern.

Catweazle
patchencrypt
QUOTE (Catweazle @ Feb 23 2009, 01:31 PM) *
Hello, patchencrypt.

dumbest <-> foolish

I mean that is not the best way, to secure a wireless LAN. That was only Hunters concern.

Catweazle


sure catweazle . got it.
I'm updating ALL of my passwords this week actually. For all accounts on the Internet and a new logon password for my Windows XP too.

I did some research on strong passwords and recommendations 10-15 character passwords seem to be the most recommended.

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punctuation marks not on the upper row of the keyboard, and any symbols unique to your language.
alt characters such as µ, £, Æ.
and yes some accounts will NOT allow these 3 characters anyway...

My issue is how do I find these µ, £, Æ on a keyboard on a computer at say a friend's house or an Internet cafe while traveling? Perhaps I'll just stick with the symbols/punctuation marks on the 105keys of the keyboard...


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