Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

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bariyer — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:56:59 GMT

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markm66 — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:10:25 GMT

And Microsoft wonder why people dont trust them.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9044058&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1

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Rosyna — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:13:01 GMT

gman1981, According to the liberal devil page that is wikipedia, as of March 13, 2006, WPA2 certification is mandatory for all new devices wishing to be Wi-Fi certified.

So you cannot buy a device today that is Wi-Fi certified but does not support WPA2. Which makes your assertion about it being standard on routers correct.

re: Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

gman1981 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:57:11 GMT

I don't understand why WPA or WPA2 has not been used? It's far more secure than WEP, and is standard on most routers these days.

re: Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

Brandon LeBlanc — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:53:38 GMT

Rosyna, it may be true WEP can be easily "cracked" but its certainly not "more" insecure than having an open wireless network that anyone can access (like my next door neighbors).

I'd rather folks have at least some protection rathar than none for their wireless network in their home.

- Brandon

re: Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

Rosyna — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:48:03 GMT

Wait, wait... So you fix the "insecure wireless" problem via OneCare by making the wireless network *more* insecure? How does that make sense?

WEP is easily crackable, within minutes (sometimes under one minute). It should not be used. It's more insecure than no key because people assume they have a secure network and do things they wouldn't do on an otherwise insecure one.

re: Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

newscientist2000 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:03:06 GMT

Yeah I can see this feature possibly not working all that well in practice, somehow end users can mess up things in ways IT professionals can't even imagine.

However I applaud the effort, hopefully it will bear fruit and get home users more comfortable with networking. Most of the problem calls I've had from my in laws regarding computers this year have been related to Networking, usually its the simple "whats our wireless network password" or something along those lines but sometimes its more complex. Anything that makes this easier for people should be worked upon until perfected.

Sure its hard with all the different router and firmware variants, however every user of the internet deserves a secure internet connection.

re: Secure your wireless network with Windows Live OneCare 2.0

Xepol — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:42:50 GMT

With all the different routers and firmware variants, it seems doomed to failure.

There is probably going to be too much of the "works for everyone but you syndrome" to be truely effective.

There is so much to go wrong, I am betting this feature gets culled never to return before the final release.

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