FEATURE STORY Insights into the latest wireless LAN security issues The Dangers of Wireless Hacking With wireless LANs evolving so quickly people recognize the potential risks, but many do not understand the significance and implications of these risks. While most people are familiar with Netstumbler, only a few have tested the vulnerabilities of their networks. If only people knew how easy hacking is and the type of damage that is possible, they would view the risks differently. Wireless hacking is easy to do and growing in popularity. This article will teach you the tools and methods that hackers use so you can assess your own network. By following these simple steps to easily configure a Windows PC (no Linux skills needed), anyone can find and penetrate open wireless access points. These steps will show you how much damage can be done once you are in the open network.  Click Here to Read the Full Story.

WLAN Security Highlights Industry News from leading information providers Hot Spots: Don't Get Burned (eWeek - June 23, 2003) Wireless hot spots take Internet access to places it couldn't easily go in the past. But as any IT manager will attest, public wireless hot spots combined with 802.11 ubiquity (sanctioned or not) is a source of concern—mainly with security... read more Execs tout, question Wi-Fi (NetworkWorldFusion - May 26, 2003) Vendors might be furiously trying to exploit Wi-Fi wireless LAN technology, but the consensus at last week's Vortex 2003 conference was that few have figured out how to make a real business of it... read more Planning your air space for 802.11b, a and g (Network World - June 16, 2003) You've likely heard that last month, the 802.11g Task Group ratified the 802.11g standard and that the IEEE 802 Executive Committee and IEEE Standard Board could give it their final OK as early as this week. With three officially sanctioned standards in the wireless LAN marketplace, what are the implications for your access point infrastructure?... read more WLANs scale, just not easily (Network World - June 16, 2003) Bill Gates decided in 1999 that it was time for Microsoft to get serious about wireless LANs . At a public CEO summit, he announced that the software maker would have a wireless network blanketing its Redmond, Wash., campus within 12 months. That announcement sent the company's Operations and Technology Group scrambling... read more More Wireless LAN Security News >