security-what sort,how much?

Is WEP 64bit good enough generally for most people ? I doubt tthere are any
really good hackers around my area but i would like at least a decent level
of security in case someone tries to get into my network and into my
pc's......
Should i use IEEE authentication? Is a free thawte cert the type to use ??
Which one? I just got the free email cert. Is that the one?
If someone does get into my network,what can they do?Steal files from my
pc's or just use my connection ???

TIA

my the settings are:
- infrastructure only
-wep 64bit
-no IEEE authentication
-G only devices
- WRT54GC linksys Wireless Router
- network authentication is in Shared Mode

Thanks to anyone with any helpful advice to give

"tim" <notforspam@timothy> wrote in message
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> Is WEP 64bit good enough generally for most people ? I doubt tthere are
any
> really good hackers around my area but i would like at least a decent
level
> of security in case someone tries to get into my network and into my
> pc's......
> Should i use IEEE authentication? Is a free thawte cert the type to use ??
> Which one? I just got the free email cert. Is that the one?
> If someone does get into my network,what can they do?Steal files from my
> pc's or just use my connection ???
>
> TIA
>
>

While this is a year old
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ebruary10.mspx
it should give you some guidance.

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:05:27 +1100, "tim" <notforspam@timothy> wrote:

>Is WEP 64bit good enough generally for most people ? I doubt tthere are any
>really good hackers around my area but i would like at least a decent level
>of security in case someone tries to get into my network and into my
>pc's......
>Should i use IEEE authentication? Is a free thawte cert the type to use ??
>Which one? I just got the free email cert. Is that the one?
>If someone does get into my network,what can they do?Steal files from my
>pc's or just use my connection ???
>
>TIA
>
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Barb Bowman
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