This week, former Van-Halen rocker Sammy Hagar released his new book. In this book Hagar going into details about the band and its members. The book also mentions Hagar’s encounter with aliens. In this encounter, aliens proceeded to link up to Sammy Hagar’s brain and proceed to upload and download information. Now, I know what you’re thinking… Sammy Hagar’s got a brain? This has yet to be verified, but here is what Sammy has to say about it.
"It was real. [Aliens] were plugged into me," Hagar says. "It was a download situation. This was long before computers or any kind of wireless. There weren't even wireless telephones. Looking back now, it was like, 'F---, they downloaded something into me!' Or they uploaded something from my brain, like an experiment. 'See what this guy knows.' That happened. That friggin' happened, I'll tell you right now."
You can catch the rest of the story at: http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/88706/sammy-hagar-was-abducted-uploaded-by-aliens/
After reading this, a few things occurred to me.
The first thing I imagined a couple of adolescent teenage aliens war driving human brains on a slow Saturday night in LA, when they stumble upon this gem of a mind we call Hagar. The second thing that occurred to me is that Hagar needs to get hot on upgrading his information security measures.
Even if Hagar is a lost cause, there are several things that you the reader can do right now to help protect your wireless network in your home or office. First, you will need to change the password on your router. All home routers come from the factory with a common default password. These passwords are well known to the people that intend to do harm to you by accessing your network. This password can also be easily obtained from a quick search of the web as well. This fact leaves you vulnerable to unauthorized access of your home network.
Next you will need to rename your SSID. Your SSID is the “service set identifier” or essentially the name of you wireless network. This allows you or others to identify what wireless network you are connecting to. The wireless card on your computer or wireless device can detect these networks. After you have renamed your SSID to something other than the default, you will then need to hide your signal. This will deny others the ability to see or recognize your wireless network with their wireless devices. You of course will still be able to connect to the network. By selecting not to broadcast your SSID, it will reduce the detection of your network by others, and thus making it less of a target.
There you go. There are 3 easy steps to increase protection of your home network that tend to be overlooked. Some of you are likely thinking…” that’s great, but how do I make these changes.” In most cases, this is easy too. You will need to access the interface on your router. This is typically a screen that displays a set of options and settings for the router. The changes are normally easy to make. You can contact the technical support for the brand name of your router, visit their website and look for instructions, or go the links below for further information. I hope this was helpful to many of you. Please feel free to post your comments. This does not apply to Van-Halen fans. .. jk
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