Friday, June 22, 2012

Wireless Networks

 Day 4 of my workshop at Ranken Technical College - the teachers learned how to setup a wireless network. It's certainly a timely skill, but after listening to the instructor talk about security, I was somewhat depressed. I might as well just publish my credit card numbers on Facebook, because it sounds like any halfway decent hacker can get right into your computer these days. The wireless instructor even tried to hack into the students' networks to show them how "secure" their systems really were. That was kind of fun. He certainly gave a lot of tips on how to make a strong password - showed us lots of hidden and unusual characters.