On 5 Aug 2006 18:30:20 -0700, "Amanda" <amanda772008@yahoo.com> wrote in
<1154827820.763233.309220@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups .com>:

>John Navas wrote:

>> Correction: WEP insecurity. WEP is so easily broken that it's
>> essentially useless, just like SSID hiding, MAC filtering, and turning
>> off DHCP..All you need is WPA or WPA2 with a strong passphrase.

>Does that mean "select WAP rather than WEP for security mode"?

Absolutely.

>What would be a strong passphrase? digits and alphabets (lower and
>upper case ) mixed?

I recommend diceware words (link in wikis below):

* For security that will stop most current attackers now, 20+ characters
are enough.

* For security good for our lifetimes, 34+ characters.

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