[OCCalWUG] News that's changing the Wireless World! Thursday, November 06, 2003 Source: Userland.com More Wireless Ads Expected Consumers being barraged by a relentless flood of pitches from the giant wireless service providers are bracing themselves for an additional onslaught. Source Link 11:33:21 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet Weakness Found in Wi-Fi Security Protocol A glaring weakness in the interface design of the WPA protocol could open the door to passphrase cracking attacks. Source Link 12:15:38 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News 68 Percent of School Districts Have Wi-Fi New report from Consortium for School Networking shows massive uptake and spending: In a survey conducted by Quality Education data, 68 percent of U.S. school districts own wireless networks, up from 39 percent in 2002. Districts will spend $230 million in 2004 on infrastructure and related devices (laptop carts, etc.).... Source Link 11:19:11 AM    comment [] Source: The Register Nortel meshes with BT and MIT For hotspot cost savings Source Link 6:04:51 AM    comment [] Source: eWEEK Technology News Weakness Reported in Wireless Security Protocol Security researcher reports that WPA networks can be compromised through passive sniffing of the network and an offline dictionary attack. Source Link 5:43:50 AM    comment [] © 2003 [OCCalWUG] Last Update: 12/1/2003; 5:10:39 AM

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