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The Year 2003 in Wireless Network Security

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hindsight-being-what-it-is dept.

OenMarK writes "I ran into an article that is basically an overview of events, software releases, and happenings related to wireless security. There's also a Q&A with some wireless security experts, one of which is from IBM. What's your take on wireless security? Are we there yet?" This is the same site that also hosts the look back at Linux security we posted earlier. They complement each other well.

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  1. Not a very informative article. by plover · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I would much rather more information about attacks and their severity.

    A study of honeypot projects that showed most wi-fi abuse was "bandwidth stealing" doesn't exactly fill me with a sense of dread. More useful would have been a list of attempts hackers sitting outside of unsecured businesses trying to get at the corporate data.

    Or are they trying to lull potential customers into a false sense of security?

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    John
  2. Easy Setup and Mantainance of Security is Key! by dduardo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    On Linksys' site they have 7 things people should do to keep their wireless network safe:

    1. Change the default SSID.
    2. Disable SSID Broadcasts.
    3. Change the default password for the Administrator account.
    4. Enable MAC Address Filtering.
    5. Change the SSID periodically.
    6. Enable WEP 128-bit Encryption. Please note that this will reduce your network performance.
    7. Change the WEP encryption keys periodically.

    Now your telling me average joe (or administrator) is going to preform all these tasks, and remember to regularly change the WEP encryption keys. This is a problem, and until security setup and mantainance is automated and/or easy enough for the everyday folk, there is going to be a continual growth of attacks on these type of networks.

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