[ale] wireless security

Dustin Strickland dustin.h.strickland at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 10:27:56 EST 2014


Get a DD-WRT compatible router, install it, and make an over-the-top
user/password combination for administration. <
http://hackaday.com/2014/01/06/keeping-the-family-off-the-net-with-an-undocumented-backdoor/
>

Use WPA2 AES.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:06:13 -0500
Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am about to install a new router.
> Two questions:
> 
> Given what has happened in the past year, what is now considered
> "best practice" for wireless security?  I know that WEP is broken,
> but I could use some advice on its replacement.
> 
> Views, suggestions for replacing the router's OS also would be 
> appreciated.  I know next to nothing about the strengths and
> weaknesses of the competing operating systems for routers.
> 
> Sean
> 


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