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Archive for January, 2002
Intersil Corporation today announced the industry’s first chip set designed to support the IEEE 802.11g draft standard. The Intersil PRISM GT chip set, operating in the 2.4 Ghz band, will enable data transmission speeds of up to 54 Mbps with backwards compatibility to 802.11b infrastructures. This news comes roughly two and a half months after the IEEE 802.11g Task Group finally agreed on terms for the hotly debated wireless standard.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Continue reading ‘Industry First 802.11g Chip Set Announced’
This month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California banned all wireless networks, including the most prevalent, Wi-Fi, from its grounds due to “security vulnerabilities,” directors said in a newsletter. Other entities that handle sensitive data are implementing or considering similar bans. And airlines are coming under fire for using Wi-Fi in curbside baggage check-in systems.
Via [usatoday.com]
Continue reading ‘Security-conscious Groups Ban Wi-Fi’
Corporations across America are opening their doors to hackers when they set up wireless networks–or when their employees set them up behind their backs.
Via [news.com.com]
Continue reading ‘Wireless Workplaces Asking For Trouble’
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer and organizer of the first US festival has announced today the founding of a new company called the Wheel of Zeus, or wOz. Wozniak said wOz had secured $6 million for his startup.
Continue reading ‘Apple Co-founder To Tackle Wireless Market’
It’s a sight that would make any sales manager proud: your company’s top sales rep is dutifully e-mailing detailed reports on the day’s activities over a public wireless 802.11b network as he waits for his lunch across the street from the office. But would your sales manager be quite so happy if she knew the sensitive data transmissions sent from the rep’s laptop could be grabbed by anyone else within a few hundred yards?
Via [infosecuritymag.techtarget.com]
Continue reading ‘Wireless Insecurities’
Wireless companies are enlisting in America’s war on terrorism, and now that billions of dollars are available for “homeland security,” officials are welcoming them into battle.
Via [news.com.com]
Continue reading ‘Wireless Ushered Into War On Terrorism’
The deployment of wireless networking systems is proceeding rapidly. Advancements in the technology and reduction in the cost of ownership have converged such that wireless systems are becoming a measurable part of the national information infrastructure. The growth in sales booked and sales projected indicate that it qualifies as a technology mega-trend. Along with their convenience and popularity, however, wireless systems provide new and attractive opportunities for those seeking to exploit them. “Raising the security bar” by reducing wireless network vulnerabilities, therefore, becomes an important consideration for any organization that adopts wireless systems.
Via [nipc.gov]
Continue reading ‘Best Practices For Wireless Fidelity (802.11b) Network Vulnerabilities’
Proxim Inc. and Western Multiplex Corp. have agreed to combine their companies, bringing Proxim’s wireless LAN expertise under the same roof as Western Multiplex’s fixed broadband wireless access and backhaul technologies. The combined company, which will retain the Proxim name, will have an end-to-end wireless networking solution for enterprise LANs, campus networking, last-mile access and home networking.
Via [eetimes.com]
Continue reading ‘Proxim And Western Multiplex Agree To Merge’
AT&T unit AT&T Broadband may have been dealt to Comcast, but while it is still under the AT&T umbrella, the company is following in its parent’s footsteps with a move to support home networking technology.
Via [internetnews.com]
Continue reading ‘AT&T Broadband Commits To Home Networking’
The threat of wireless hacking has been greatly exaggerated, according to a top security expert at Computer Associates.
Via [software.silicon.com]
Continue reading ‘Threat Of “Drive-by Hacking” A Myth’
As the airline industry scrambles to meet a Jan. 18 deadline to screen every checked bag for explosives, security experts, analysts and government officials are raising serious concerns about the security of wireless technology that’s integral to the effort.
Via [computerworld.com]
Continue reading ‘Wireless LANs: Trouble In The Air’
MeshNetworks, Inc. announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted an experimental license for demonstrations nationally in both the 2.4 MHz and 5.7 MHz bands. The FCC’s action enables MeshNetworks to conduct large-scale demonstrations of its mobile ad hoc peer-to-peer broadband technology.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Continue reading ‘Enhancement To 802.11 Technology In Testing’
Information Security magazine, a division of TruSecure Corp., yesterday revealed the results of a study of WLAN security that it published in its January, 2002 issue. The results were well in line with the industry’s current hyperfocus on 802.11 security.
Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Continue reading ‘WLAN Security Survey Shows Skills Deficit’
Mesh Networks - A DiSrUpTiVe Technology?
Mesh Networks, a wireless startup company in Maitland, FL is developing an alternative to 3G, that will carry data, voice and other multimedia streams. Their plan is to be disruptive as possible.
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