Re: Case studies / statistics on wireless security?

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Masa" <henrymasa () yahoo com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: Case studies / statistics on wireless security?


> I recently gave a short talk about wireless security at the nonprofit
> organization I work at.  In the first part of the hour discussion I
> discussed open public hot-spots -- Internet cafes, airport lounges, the
> random unrestricted access point -- and some potential threats you expose
> yourself to, such as sniffing and man-in-the-middle attacks.  One
> participant in the discussion asked for evidence that these types of attacks
> really do occur, and I could not readily refer her to a good source of
> information.
>
> My belief is the threat is real and I would like to be able to validate my
> theory.  But I can't find a reliable source of information about the
> prevalence of this type of activity.  Are there Web sites, articles, recent
> books, etc. that provide statistics or case studies of compromises to
> wireless data transmission or privacy?  Thanks.
>
> - Hank


Hank

If you go to:

http://www.netstumbler.org

and search the Forums for things like "sniffer", "wep" and "mac", just to suggest a few, you'll get an idea of what's 
going on out
there.<smile>

--Michael


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