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
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>>http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6554365.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0
>>
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