NASA Overcomes 802.11b Wireless Security Flaws

4mn0t1337 writes: "Looks like the people at NASA came up with a "solution" to the weak secrutity in 802.11: Bypass it. From the article: "The team also assumed that all information on the network would be subject to eavesdropping, and that no identification information built into 802.11b could be trusted." So they chose to disable it, and set up an 'off-the-shelf PC running the OpenBSD operating system, an Apache web server, the Internet Software Consortium DHCP server, the IPF firewall software' and just depend on the security in protocols the services use. Moral of the story: Ignore the 802.11 security and just tunnel into our access points ..."

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Wireless at any speed...

[blkros]

is going to be insecure. You're broadcasting radio waves that anyone can pick up--and with the right equipment decipher. It's the same with cell phones, cordless phones, cb radio, walkie talkies,etc.. If you want security, connect the communication devices physically. It ain't foolproof, but it's a lot harder to get into the system if you have to hook into something, rather than set up a remote receiver somewhere. This is why my networks are all through CATv--I like my privacy.