[OCCalWUG] News that's changing the Wireless World! Friday, November 07, 2003 Source: Computer World Best Practices for Wireless Network Security How to mitigate eight major WLAN security risks. Source Link 9:14:41 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Coverage of WPA Key Choice Weakness An excellent analysis of the WPA key choice weakness problem: It's been a high-traffic week here at Wi-Fi Networking News since we posted Robert Moskowitz's paper on how short WPA passphrases comprised of words found in dictionaries could be broken. Many many thousands of people have read the paper, and a number of articles of varying levels of accuracy have been written. The IDG News Service story is about the best re-summarization in IT terms. But, IDG News Service, really: Moskowitz's paper is circulating informally on the Internet. No, it isn't. Robert provided it to me and gave me permission to post it on my site, along with a less technical summary that I wrote and had him vet before posting. This moment of wounded ego is over.... Source Link 4:07:24 PM    comment [] Source: InfoWorld Intel buys Wi-Fi, Bluetooth chipset vendor Move bolsters wireless strategy Source Link 4:07:22 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet Companies Pledge Intel-based WiMax Products Momentum for 802.16a continues to grow as two wireless broadband providers announce plans to develop products using Intel's silicon. Source Link 2:06:11 PM    comment [] Source: InfoWorld Paper finds new wireless standard less secure WPA may be less secure than WEP Source Link 1:14:21 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet UPnP Could Meld Home Controls with Networks A new deal with Intel could push one company's low-end radio frequency based home automation technology into a future wave of wireless home networking products. Source Link 1:03:21 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Wi-Fi Sparks Resort Competition Two Wi-Fi operators vie for customers in Whistler, B.C., Canada: The local municipality vies against the local cable company. The latter expects to pick up customers who spent extended but not year-round time in Whistler; the municipality thinks it will attract day and week trippers.... Source Link 9:44:02 AM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Companies Poised to Spend as Security Issues are Solved Businesses becoming more convinced the Wi-Fi security problem solved or nearly so: This article rounds up the last couple of years of security concerns about Wi-Fi and notes that they're all wrapped up with WPA and the coming 802.11i. With 802.1X combined with revised encryption algorithms, corporate managers should be spending more money and fast. I've heard again and again from companies how they've kept wireless deployments small and manageable until they felt they had a handle on all the issues. The figure cited in the article, that 57 percent of companies surveyed had Wi-Fi networks, hides the fact that many of those companies might be using it as a test or in small areas. These same companies could turn around and buy hundreds of access points if they feel they can combine security and ubiquity.... Source Link 9:23:00 AM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet New WISP from Established ISP If mobile pros are the main users of the nation's hotspots, then why is Pittsburgh's Telerama doing well enough with consumers to launch a separate wireless access business? Source Link 9:12:31 AM    comment [] Source: The Register Intel launches Mobilized Software Initiative Based on XML, Wi-Fi Source Link 7:39:30 AM    comment [] © 2003 [OCCalWUG] Last Update: 12/1/2003; 5:10:40 AM

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