[Bungleau]

The WLAN is separate from your Linux box. IOW, removing telnet does nothing to make your Linux box safer; like I said, there are at least three more ways to connect in that are similar to telnet. If it makes you feel good to take it out, go ahead; personally, I'd leave it in because I consider it to be such a basic building block of Unix that something else may break if it's not there.

As for WEP, it should work just fine. Sure, it can be cracked, but so can anything, given the appropriate time and resources. You're just trying to make it easier for honest people to stay honest. If you have problems setting it up, drop me a line. I highly recommend it [img]smile.gif[/img]

As for Samba, you do know that it is sharing files on your computer, right? I mean, that's what Samba does -- makes it possible for one computer to see the resources (files, printers, etc.) of another computer. It's not like Kazaa or other peer-to-peer sharing services, but it's sharing, pure and simple. And just like in Windows, you can share something wide open (where anyone can see it), or you can require a user ID and password to be able to access it. And you can set up specific rights (read only, full access) for that user.

If I were you, I'd do three things:

1. Set up the accounts for those siblings of yours as non-poweruser accounts. IOW, they don't get administrator rights or anything. That way, they can't really screw anything up. Dulecki's law of system access applies: You get access to what you can fix, should you happen to break it.

2. Focus back on your WLAN setup and configuration to get it in shape. That's your first line of defense.

3. Put back telnet and just protect your entire network. Hopefully, you're not doing any work as root on your Linux box, or as Administrator on the Windows boxes. Make sure you require passwords on all profiles on all accounts... and something more, I think... but I've got to run up for dinner now [img]smile.gif[/img]

Hasta later with more thoughts...