On 4/24/19 9:32 PM, Mike Bolitho wrote:
"than the relatively low risk of a database compromise leading to a miscreant getting ahold of their wireless password and using their access point as free wifi."
And this is the thing, not only does someone have to 'hack' the database, they also need to drive up to your house and sit in your driveway to get free Internet. Of all the things to worry about, this is way down on my list.
Sounds like you live in a single-family home, in a low-density neighborhood. I live in an apartment complex, and WiFi Analyzer shows more than 20 beacons visible from my kitchen. Before I implemented MAC filtering, my DHCP server logs showed connections by rogue equipment. (And before you ask, my password is not a simple one.) When I leave town for an extended period, I pull the plug on the wireless. In an industrial park, I see the same dense tangle of beacons. Let alone those wireless systems that have disabled beacons. If that database of wireless passwords also has the physical location of the device, then the risks go up. So the simple solution is to use your own AP, block SNMP access from the worlds at your edge router, and the risk falls to zero.