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Home Network Security FAQs - We have looked for some good ones and posted them here.

Information from the Cert

This document gives home users an overview of the security risks and countermeasures associated with Internet connectivity, especially in the context of “always-on” or broadband access services (such as cable modems and DSL). However, much of the content is also relevant to traditional dial-up users (users who connect to the Internet using a modem).

How to Secure Your Wireless Home Network with Windows XP

In the early days of wireless networking, no one paid much attention to wireless security. Not many people used the technology. Because the perceived security risk was low, many people didn't bother to configure security. At that time, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was the only form of encryption available. WEP, though weak and breakable, was better than no security at all. At least it kept the casual hacker away.

Securing your Wireless Network

If your wireless LAN is located in a single family home, then you are probably more at risk from intruders coming in via your Internet connection than from folks gaining access to your LAN over the air.  But if your LAN has some means of wireless connectivity, you've added another way to access your LAN that doesn't require getting past your router's firewall and doesn't even require physical access!

Hybrid Ethernet Router / Wireless Access Point Network Diagram

This diagram illustrates use of a hybrid Ethernet router / wireless access point home network layout. See below for a detailed description of this layout.

Linux Security Information for the Home Network Pro

Sendmail - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sendmail2/
Linux Network Admin Guide (NAG) - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag/
Running Linux - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux2/noframes.html
DNS & BIND - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dns3/
Apache - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apache2/
Learning The Bash Shell - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash2/
Building Internet Firewalls - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/fire/
Computer Crime - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/crime/
Computer Security Basics - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/csb/
Cracking DES - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/crackdes/
Essential System Administration - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/esa2/
Linux in a nutshell - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut2/
Managing NFS and NIS - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/nfs/
Managing Usenet - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/musenet/
PGP - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pgp/
Practical Unix and Internet Security - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/puis/
Running Linux - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux2/
Using and Managing PPP - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/umppp/
Virtual Private Networks - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vpn2/