Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is one of today’s leading wireless technologies, with Wi-Fi support being integrated into more and more devices: laptops, PDAs, mobile phones. However, one coniguration aspect all too often goes unnoticed: security. Let's have a closer look at the level of security of encryption methods used in modern Wi-Fi implementations.
Wi-Fi Security
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional | ISBN: 0071410732 | edition 2003 | File type: PDF | 337 pages | 13 mb
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S MAKING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS VIRTUALLY IMMUNE TO HACKERS!
Wireless technology offers businesses a world of strategic advantages and a host of security problems. But thanks to McGraw-Hill's WiFi Security, your company's mission-critical data can be safeguarded, even against hackers intent on exploiting vulnerabilities in your business's network brought on by wireless communications. Written with insight by a leading wireless security expert, WiFi Security:
- Deals explicitly with wireless security for Windows 2000/XP, MAC OS X, Linux, Lindows OS, Palm OS, and PocketPC platforms.
- Reviews security approaches for the different standards currently competing for the U. S. market.
- Addresses data compromise, unauthorized access, and denial of service all critical to WLAN users.
- Covers the 802.11 IEEE standard with regard to security, performance, and throughput.
- Discusses encryption and privacy through the Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol.
