best wifi security mode?

[Sushubh]

Nope

 

[uberjon]

Hide the SSID, and 90% or even more hack attempts would go away.

Debunking Myths: Is Hiding Your Wireless SSID Really More Secure?
Mac address filtering is also not very secure.

 

[Sushubh]

Right. The uncle in the neighbor would be able to do all this and more.
Hiding SSID is good enough for casual people in your vicinity. It is a sureshot security measure? No.

 

[uberjon]

Don't hide your SSID. Mac filtering is another myth.
Just use WPA2-PSK with a strong password. The end.

 

[Sushubh]

So WPA2-PSK with strong password is unbreakable today? I mean people have access to quad core machines with super powerful GPUs. How long would it take for someone to crack through a wireless network?

 

[kattuviriyan]

10+ characters passwd it's going to be a very long(months maybe years)....time when exclusively used for this purpose

 

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[color=rgb(40,40,40);font-family:'Droid Sans', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;]The uncle in the neighbor or anyone else who would use a [/color]super powerful GPU to crack your password, would not be able to bypass mac filtering or hidden ssid ?

 

[uberjon]

Given enough time & resources, it may be hacked in months/years but it's very unlikely that someone is gonna keep hammering your router for months on end just to steal your wifi, so that they can browse at 2 to 4 mbps or even slower.

 

[raj2007]

Given enough time & resources, it may be hacked in months/years but it's very unlikely that someone is gonna keep hammering your router for months on end just to steal your wifi, so that they can browse at 2 to 4 mbps or even slower.

The hacker might even commit suicide after he founds out that it is Airtel/BNSL connection with 256 kbps post FUP layful:

 

[Sushubh]

Just curious... How many here uses a non-dictionary/pattern password on their wireless routers?