IP: Three on wireless security: [risks] Risks Digest 21.89

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:37:15 -0700
> From: "NewsScan" <newsscan@newsscan.com>
> Subject: Wireless technology criticized for vulnerabilities
>
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has banned all wireless
> networks, including Microsoft's Wi-Fi, because of security concerns. Wi-Fi
> supporters say the technology is secure when it's been properly installed,
> but experts say that only about 10% of all users install them correctly.
> (*USA Today*, 28 Jan 2002; NewsScan Daily, 29 January 2002)
>   http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/01/29/wifi.htm
>
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> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 17:01:13 -0500
> From: "Jeremy Epstein" <jepstein@webmethods.com>
> Subject: Wireless bypassing the firewall
>
> Wireless carriers including Sprint, Cingular, and Seven (a startup) are
> putting together products that tunnel through the firewall to allow you to
> access the e-mail, calendars, etc. on your desktop machine remotely from a
> wireless device.  But not to worry, since it "conforms to the highest levels
> of transport security".  After all, what could go wrong with a tunnel like
> this?  NOT!  The risks are apparent to everyone except the vendors involved.
>
> Full story at
>   http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/01/28/020128hnport.xml
>
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> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 13:13:03 -0800
> From: Mike Hogsett <hogsett@csl.sri.com>
> Subject: Free airport wireless network, and spam launcher
>
> Soon business travelers passing through Minneapolis-St. Paul International
> Airport will be able to access the Internet at high speeds for free.
>
> Anyone want to send out lots of SPAM or launch attacks?  Just go to MSP.
>
> http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/1130636.html

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