IP: Re: Wireless networks wide open to hackers

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:43:14 -0700
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> From: Stephen Lawton <lawton () microtimes com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Wireless networks wide open to hackers
>
> Dave:
>
> Despite the hyperbole about how great it is to build wireless networks, 
> security continues to be a big issue.  The CNET story at the beginning of 
> this tread points out some of those threats.  MicroTimes just posted a 
> more comprehensive story on security issues with wireless networks.  You 
> can find Unsafe Waves in MicroTimes's current issue at 
> http://www.microtimes.com/223/infpaone223a.html.
>
> The story, written by Joe Paone, runs about 2,000 words -- here's the lead:
> The security-conscious might view the concept of wireless LANs with a 
> skeptical eye. After all, unlike their wired cousins, they can't rely on 
> physical security for basic protection. There is no physical cable that 
> can be protected from hackers and their sniffers. Locked building doors, 
> security cameras and physical walls provide no protection from the 
> wireless LAN attacker. <clip>
>
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> Incidentally, in our Aug. 6 issue, Winn Rosch will talk about some of the 
> issues that are facing fixed wireless installations and why some of those 
> companies are failing. (No, it's not a security story.)
>
> Cheers
>
> Stephen Lawton
> Editor-in-Chief
> MicroTimes
>
>
>
> At 01:16 PM 7/12/01, you wrote:
>
> > > Wireless networks wide open to hackers
> > > A new way to attack wireless networks underscores the lack of security 
> > > for PC owners using the airwaves to connect their computers, said 
> > > security experts speaking at the Black Hat Briefings conference. On 
> > > Thursday, Tim Newsham, a researcher for security firm @Stake, presented 
> > > the details of weaknesses in the password system of wireless networks 
> > > that could lead to a break in security in less than 30 seconds. The flaw 
> > > is the third to be uncovered in the so-called Wired Equivalent Privacy, 
> > > or WEP, protocol that supposedly secures wireless networks.
> > > July 12, 2001, 10:35 a.m. PT | 
> > > <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6554365.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0>Read 
> > > Full Story 2c73ece.jpg
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6554365.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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