M3 - Report on the similarities and differences between securing wireless and wired networked systems.
When using a wired network, it is extremely difficult for an attacker to intercept your connection and steal bandwidth, whereas when using a wireless connection others can see and potentially access your wireless network, sometimes within seconds, enabling them to use your bandwidth and steal any information that is shared over the network. Wireless signals can be picked up from somebody in a neighbouring building or sitting in a car near your house, which is why they can be so unsecure. To make the problem worse some routers get delivered with encryption disabled, meaning anybody can connect to the network without having to enter a password, most homeowners don’t know that they need to enable anything leaving them very vulnerable. The good news is that it is not very hard to make your wireless network secure, which will both prevent others from stealing your internet and will also prevent hackers from taking control of your computer through your own wireless network. Changing the