Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote in
news:diff90$f1q$3@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca:

> Duane Arnold <notme@notme.com> writes:
>
>>strutsng@gmail.com wrote in news:1128999001.987347.159320
>>@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
>
>>> My home has broadband internet connection. 2 computers are connected
>>> with wireless router, and I have multiple
>>> laptops are using Wi-Fi adapters that talk to wireless router. I
>>> guess it is a typical home's networking infrastructure.
>>>
>>> I want to know what's the best practices to secure the home's
>>> network?
>
> a) Make sure that you use encryption. 128 bit WEP if nothing better is
> available, or WPA if it is.
>
> b)Connect betweent the machines using ssh, not telnet.
> c) Set up a firewall to let in the minial traffic for what you want to
> do.
>
>>>
>>> any good articles for references?
>>>
>>> please advise. thanks!!
>>>
>
>>Here you go and so much for the Linux loud mouth. That crap is full of
>>holes too just like the rest of the crap O/S(s) written by fallible
>>Human Beings.
>
>>http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/wire...aa112203_2.htm
>
> Looks like it might be OK, despite the incomprehensibility of the
> suggestor.
>
>

Is there some Kleenex in the house? I don't want to see you break out in
the big whine. <g>

Duane :)