Wi-Fi Leakage
Source: Business University
Wi-Fi is gaining popularity in almost every city in the country all thanks to its low cost implementation and ease to use. Cafe, fast food restaurant and even bank outlets are armed with Wi-Fi connectivity for the convenience of their customers to access to the Internet. All the customer need is to have Wi-Fi device. Home users too, are beginning to switch their home network into a wireless network. This is could eliminate they problem of buying LAN cables and finding suitable place to put it before any mishap of tripping someone.
Source: Home-Network-Help
However, most home user wireless network are without any security. Without security enabled in the wirless network, any Tom and Harry with a Wi-Fi device could happily access to the home network and gaining the Internet Access with a click of scanning on surrounding networks. According to My E-commerce blog, there were several cases in UK where the offender is found guilty in tapping his neighbour's Internet connection via Wi-Fi laptop. Hence, the question arises whether the responsibility of user to protect their own network or it is fall in the hands of the Internet Service Provider.
I personally believe that Malaysian users need to be aware of the importance of security in their Wi-Fi. A quick scan on Bandar Sungai Long using my N95Most users often neglect the instruction given by the Internet Service Provider to place at least a WEP password either in their wireless router. A user must choose a strong password or otherwise a hacker could gain access to the wireless network easily. Besides, users should equipped themselves a firewall software to moniter any unauthorized inbound connections. For a tighter security, one could switch off the broadcasting of the SSID through the router configuration or block any unidentifiable MAC address that are accessing to the home network. Finally, a user should change the administration password for the access to the router configuration. All these steps should be taken in reducing the vulnerability of the wireless home network.
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