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Story: 10 ways to wireless security

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Posted by: Ivor Hewitt (Monday 3 October 2005, 10:05 AM)

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Another option that people should consider is to provide an additional open unencrypted free access to the internet. Restrict the access to LAN resources by providing an additional authentication step. If necessary, restrict the bandwith allocated to the free access so as not to degrade the other users access.

Someone who is trying to access "your network" is probably simply trying to get an internet connection. So simply make it easy for them to get one. Most likely they will then be happy and not spend days trying to break through your security... at which point they would have full access to all your sensitive information.

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