Re: wireless security on notebooks

[gjgowey () tmo blackberry net]

If you were running an ad environment at home this would be an extremely simple fix using group policies.  I don't know 
if you want to go down that road, but if you do a small system running w2k or w2k3 server with a 5 cal license would 
greatly simplify your life.

Geoff

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-----Original Message-----
From: belinda <belinda_yc () hotmail com>

Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:22:32 
To:security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: wireless security on notebooks



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Andres-28 wrote:
> Dear people,
>
> My question is regarding wireless security, on win xp.
> I have a home network, with a wireless access point and two notebooks
> (and one desktop connected via cable).
> When I'm at home, I want to use the access point's firewall, and leave
> all the other things unsecured, like the file sharing turned on on the
> notebooks (I'm using WEP).
> When my wife goes out with hers computer, I have to rely the security
> on hers memory to turn on the firewall.
> What I want is to install a virtual wireless network adapter, and to
> use one wireless adapter with my home's wifi network and another with
> the others. Then, leave the firewall always on (I use sygate) and make
> it work only for the foreign networks. I didn't found souch virtual
> network adapters. I have the one that comes with VMWare, but it
> doesn't have the "wireless networks" tab. This type of solution is a 5
> minutes work on Linux, it can be done by configuring a single text
> file, but for windows, I'm getting mad.
> I don't want to fill my computer of antivirus, anti spyware, and
> Norton rubbish, I prefer a simple configuration like this.
> Please, if you have some ideas about this, share it with me, or
> perhaps to tell me that I'm missing something that makes this
> situation nonviable.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andres H
> Argentina

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