With common sense and a basic understanding of how wireless security works, an enterprise can keep its wireless LAN protected from intruders using the security standards and practices available today.
Via [searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com]
Monthly Archive for June, 2004
Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan’s largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan.
Via [reuters.com]
The Iowa Department of Transportation is hooking motorists up with wireless Internet access so they can surf the Web. It’s part of a test project to provide wireless service to six Iowa rest areas.
Via [usatoday.com]
The forthcoming 802.11n WLAN standard will eventually beat out ultra-wideband (UWB) as the primary standard for wireless home entertainment networks, according to a study released Tuesday (June 29).
Via [commsdesign.com]
Why should the big boys like Starbucks and Borders Books have all the Wi-Fi fun? Netopia is peddling a Netopia Hot Spot Starter Kit that enables the little guys to offer high-speed wireless at their places of business without racking up high installation costs.
Via [wirelessweek.com]
From ballparks to bagel shops, Wi-Fi is on its way from curiosity to standard feature.
Via [comment.cio.com]
Wi-Fi hot spots are starting to morph into hot zones as local governments adapt the technology to provide broadband service for police and fire departments, in addition to wireless Internet access across areas ranging from downtown districts to hundreds of square miles.
Via [computerworld.com]
T-Mobile has revealed that it is indeed planning to offer a third incarnation of its MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant) PocketPC-based phone that will feature a QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi support.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as “WiMax,” giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.
Via [zdnet.com.com]
Airlines won a key battle in their fight with airports over control of the Wi-Fi spectrum yesterday when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that it — and not local authorities — has “exclusive jurisdiction” over the use of unlicensed spectrum.
Via [computerworld.com]
Wi-LAN Inc.’s announcement this week that it would be it would be escalating its patent-enforcement program by commencing legal action against Cisco Systems sent messages flying between members of two ultrawideband communications camps over whether or not similar action loomed there as well.
Via [commsdesign.com]
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) releases this Public Notice in response to questions from the public regarding the use of unlicensed devices, including customer antennas, especially in the context of a variety of multi-tenant environments (MTEs).
With the consumer Wi-Fi explosion, launching a virus into the wild has never been easier and more anonymous than it is today. Like a sneeze in a crowded subway, it’s hard to find the human source of the latest viral infection. On the Internet it’s not much different. The people who write these nasty little programs and release them into the wild almost never get caught. Why? The answer is easy, but it’s also a sort of technical nemesis: there’s simply no way to track these people down.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
Delivery company UPS is to give wireless rings to all its 55,000 sorting staff, to scan and track packages.
Via [computerweekly.com]
Closing Up Wireless Security Holes
“Corporate concern about WLAN security goes beyond eavesdropping, because they understand that ‘rogue access points’ can disrupt enterprise wireless LANs,” said Ira Brodsky, president of Datacomm Research, a market research firm that focuses on the wireless industry.
Via [technewsworld.com]