[mythtv-users] Wireless Bridges and "Thinking it's wired"

[Brian Wood]

On Friday 05 February 2010 02:33:33 am Paul Gardiner wrote:

> 
> I don't think MAC address filtering gives you any real protection. It's
> not difficult to fake a MAC address.

No it's not, and I don't expect anything except to stop the casual non-
technical users from connecting. In my neighborhood I feel it's good enough, 
and anything I'd worry about is already using SSL or SSH anyway. The worst 
case would be someone using my bandwidth, which would probably concern my ISP 
more than me.

> 
> > Sending data thousands of miles in the clear, and then being concerned
> > about the last few feet has always seemed silly to me.
> 
> I guess it's because the last few feet is often the local network where
> you permit things like access to computer files, which you wouldn't over
> the internet.

True, but you can set things up so that anything coming in over the WiFi 
router or AP can't access anything important. My in-house network is separate 
from my WiFi network, and there's a hardware firewall between them.

I don't do anything critical, and as long as I make a "good faith effort" I 
can't be accused of making things freely available by the RIAA or their ilk.