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Re: Wireless Keyboard Security
From: Pedro Venda <pjvenda () arrakis dhis org>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:16:06 +0000
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 05:25, Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya jared On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 04:13:16PM -0700, Badger, Jared wrote:My job involves reviewing computer security at a bank, and I was very surprised to see that nearly all of the computers at one of my branches are using these wireless mouse/keyboard combos. It seems like this could be a potentially serious security risk,yup .. big problem
I agree. This is a serious issue, and I don't think current hardware is encrypting data. hardware sniffers can now be wireless too :-) The wireless peripherals are now hype (not in the sense that they won't be used further, but in the sense that everyone has one). with wireless ethernet, there were security concerns (not efficiently solved) from day 1, but most people overlook this issue on other peripherals, which I consider very serious. It'd be expensive for manufacturers to start producing peripherals with decent encryption/decryption hardware, so I don't predict short/medium term changes. After all, mose people (even on banks !!!) don't see this issue, so why would the masses pay more for something not obviously necessary? regards, pedro venda. -- Pedro João Lopes Venda email: pjvenda < at > arrakis.dhis.org http://arrakis.dhis.org
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- Wireless Keyboard Security Badger, Jared (Mar 22)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Alvin Oga (Mar 23)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Pedro Venda (Mar 23)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security David King (Mar 24)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Glen Becker (Mar 28)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Kinnell (Mar 29)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Pedro Venda (Mar 23)
- Re: Wireless Keyboard Security Alvin Oga (Mar 23)
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- RE: Wireless Keyboard Security Beauford, Jason (Mar 23)
- RE: Wireless Keyboard Security Jeff Gercken (Mar 24)
- RE: Wireless Keyboard Security Matthew F. Caldwell (Mar 29)