Security: Wireless Networks

List of Topics (old list of topics)

1.  Wireless Weaknesses

• newSeven Security Problems of 802.11 Wireless Matthew Gast, O'Reilly Network
• newWhy Wireless Networks are Insecure Hal Berghel, ACTM Tech News
• newWireless Insecurity Gary A. Bolles, ACTM Tech News
• newHot Spot Hazards Leon Erlanger, PCMag
• How to Break Into a Network with Only Three Keystrokes - Winn Schwartau, availability.com

• new Wireless Network Security - Tom Karygiannis and Les Owens, National Institute of Standards and Technology  (Adobe Acrobat Needed to View)
• newTips to Achieving Ironclad Wireless LAN Security - Craig Ellison, PCMag
• newProtect Yourself from WiFi Snoops - Preston Gralla, O'Reilly Windows Dev Center
• newWireless LAN Security Guide  George Ou, Lanarchitect
• newThe six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN  George Ou, ZDNet
• newFind Those Rogues Leon Erlanger, PCMag
• Security Safeguards Over Wireless Networks  Joel G. Siegel, Marc H. Levine, and Roberta M. Siegel, The CPA Journal

3.  Vendor Support for Security 

• newWPA2-certified Wi-Fi toughens security Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK 
• newA Warm Welcome to WPA2 Eric Griffith, Wi-Fi Planet
• newOverview of the WPA wireless security update in Windows XP - Microsoft Support
• newWireless Security - Bluetooth
• newHotSpotVPN, Hot Spot VPN

4. Privacy Concerns 

• newWireless Web puts personal data at risk Daniel Sieberg, CNN
• newWireless InFidelity I: War Driving Hal Berghel, ACTM Tech New
• Privacy and the PDA Dr. Larry Ponemon, Darwin Magazine
• TRUSTe Announces First Wireless Privacy Standards to Protect Users  WirelessDevNet.com

5. Ethical Issues      

•  newThe ethics of network detection Stephen Cobb, Network Word
• How to Avoid Ethical and Legal Issues in Wireless Network Discovery - Erik Montcalm, SANS (Adobe Acrobat Needed to View)
• Is it wrong to steal wireless bandwidth? - David Coursey, AnchorDesk
• Trying to build a case against 'warchalking' - Carlton Vogt, InfoWorld