| Having the ability to go wireless in your home or | | | | FBI busting through your door, and you're quick to |
| at the office is a great feature to have. The | | | | think your children are not as innocent as they |
| freedom to roam your house from room to | | | | claim to be, it may be a mountain for you to |
| room, or even sit under the palm tree of your | | | | climb out of at this point. |
| garden on a hot sunny day, proves there's no | | | | The illegal downloads and criminal activity that was |
| going back from wireless. Not only is it the | | | | occurring from the next house on, was all under |
| freedom to be mobile, but also leaving your house | | | | your ID. They were using your access point which |
| wired free, and not having to route cables | | | | from the ISP point of view was coming from |
| through drilled walls, shows another area where | | | | your home. |
| wireless is too good to miss out on. However, | | | | To add to this, in a couple of months time when |
| because of the nature of the technology, wireless | | | | your bank statement arrives through the door |
| has a number of security issues we must be | | | | showing you spent £3000 on a new TV, |
| aware of. | | | | as well as purchasing a set of Golf clubs, it may |
| A neighbour, hacker or someone just by your | | | | just all be too late by then. A hacker could have |
| home can easily detect your wireless signals and | | | | easily sat outside your home and sniffed your |
| attempt to connect to your wireless access point. | | | | bank details or any other confidential details you |
| This is because wireless uses radio frequency and | | | | may have used when online, all from the comfort |
| data travels through the air, though they do not | | | | of their car or home. All they need is a wireless |
| need physical access to your router. | | | | laptop to do this, and sit within a range of your |
| So let's get to the point. How bad could it be not | | | | wireless router, in other words somewhere |
| implementing any wireless security? | | | | outside your house! |
| The common stressing points we hear everyday | | | | Now this also goes for businesses with wireless |
| regarding wireless security is the ability that an evil | | | | access points as well and not just for home |
| doer can easily sniff data, coming and going to | | | | users. In fact it is so much more crucial for |
| your wireless access point. Also they will have the | | | | businesses because a hacker can break into their |
| ability to use your router to browse the web just | | | | network via the access point, hacking into |
| as you do... using your bandwidth. | | | | company confidential data! |
| It doesn't really sound that bad... Does it? | | | | Therefore wireless security today is crucial for all |
| Well how about if your neighbours or anyone on | | | | the reasons above. Identity theft today is on the |
| the street outside your home were using your | | | | rise, and hackers will go the distance looking for |
| wireless access point and taking part in illegal | | | | insecure wireless access points. For this reason |
| downloads, visiting illegal websites and generally | | | | you should take the time and ensure you have a |
| using the web for criminal activity. Who do you | | | | secure wireless network. |
| think would get the blame? When you have the | | | | |