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
Author Archives: Wayne Slavin
Best Practices For Wireless Fidelity (802.11b) Network Vulnerabilities
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… Continue Reading
Proxim And Western Multiplex Agree To Merge
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… Continue Reading
AT&T Broadband Commits To Home Networking
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
Threat Of “Drive-by Hacking” A Myth
The threat of wireless hacking has been greatly exaggerated, according to a top security expert at Computer Associates. Via [software.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless LANs: Trouble In The Air
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
Enhancement To 802.11 Technology In Testing
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
WLAN Security Survey Shows Skills Deficit
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
802.11b And 3G Synergies For 2002
If 2001 was a year of economic slowdown, retreat from technology and hunkering down, 2002 will be a time of sorting out. Wireless services will seek out new markets, embattled mobile companies will stem a tide of losses and new technologies introduced will begin to flourish — or fail. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Disney World Creates Wireless Magic
Disney World is using wireless technology to provide captioning and translation services so more people can feel a part of what is, after all, a small world. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Using Xircom Wireless On A College Campus
Have you ever looked out the window on a beautiful, sunny day and thought you’d rather be working under that nice shady tree, instead of sitting there in a stuffy office? As a network specialist with a small, local college and a member of the working group to bring 802.11b Ethernet wireless to our campus,… Continue Reading
Wireless Wrap-up: Carriers Moving To 3G Alternative In 2002
The Wireless Strategies to stimulate the adoption of mobile data among enterprises that were hatched in the boardrooms of major telecommunications carriers in 2001 are likely to take hold in 2002. Via [infoworld.com]… Continue Reading
Kismet Released
Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic. Via [kismetwireless.net]… Continue Reading
Driveby Hacking On The Go
How did Frank Keeney, a California-based security consultant and war driving convert, spend his recent vacation? With his wife and kids along for the ride, Keeney used a laptop, rigged up in the back of his SUV, to map access points to home and corporate wireless LANs all the way from Pasadena to San Francisco.… Continue Reading
Wireless Insecurities
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… Continue Reading