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Originally Posted by Slavakion
1 is only effective with WPA. 2, 3, and 4 are nothing to a serious hacker. 5 won't stop anyone with a good antenna (serious hacker). 6, as long as it's a good password, will be a serious roadblock -- to hacking the router. A hacker will probably look for an easier target, or a way to exploit the router. I'm actually not sure how much 7 would impact a hacker. I assume not very much, since a good packet sniffer will tell you what's going on. 8 is like MAC filtering. Easily circumvented.
All but impossible? Depends on how secure WPA is. If you can't crack the encryption, then you can't see anything of use on the network.
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I'm not sure I really understand your post Slavakion.
"1 is only effective with WPA".
1
IS WPA. That's the whole point.
And, properly implemented, WPA (or WPA-PSK to be more accurate) is effective against all hacking attempts. Whilst theoretically possible to crack, it would take milllions of years (and more) to break the encryption.
So, yes... "all be impossible" is correct.
And something most people tend to forget is that 99.99% of "hacking" attacks on home wireless networks are simply opportunistic exploits of poorly secured access points. That's where steps 2 to 8 come in.
Step 1 (WPA) secures your WLAN against everyone, including "real" hackers.
Steps 2 to 8 (lockdown) secures your WLAN against the vast majority of opportunistic, war-driving "hackers".
In combination, they will make your WLAN
all but impossible to hack.
Mr Mephisto