In this task we are tasked with securing a customer's SOHO wireless network. The customer wants several security mechanisms but doesn't know the correct terminology for them. Each of the items the customer wants is listed in the procedure area in the customer's own words. You must recommend each security method and decide where you will implement it - for example, on a router, a WAP, or a computer OS. We will use the latest and greatest options available to us.
1. Scramble the wireless data so that eavesdroppers won't be able to decode it.
The first step to complete this task is to encrypt the wireless communications. This is done by using one of the three standards for encryption: WEP, WPA (TKIP encryption), or WPA2 (AES encryption). WEP was the original encryption standard and is the least secure. For this reason we do not recommend this option.
We will use the highest level of encryption that all the hardware supports.
2. Make it so people can't see the name of the wireless network.
To accomplish this task we will turn off SSID broadcast to "hide" the name of the network.
3. Disallow all computers access except the ones desired.
To complete this task, we will use MAC address filtering to specify the MAC addresses of only the device on the network that we want to allow access to the network.
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