[OCCalWUG] News that's changing the Wireless World! Friday, April 09, 2004 Source: Wi-Fi Planet LEAP Cracking Tool Released Cisco sends warning: asleap, a tool for cracking 802.1X systems using their proprietary LEAP protocol, is now available. Source Link 7:15:29 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Planet MobilePro Files for Zigbee Patent The application describes a technology the company says will increase integration on a semiconductor chip for wireless communications. Source Link 7:15:28 PM    comment [] Source: The Register Skype: giving wireless PDAs a new voice Broadband piggyback Source Link 7:15:26 PM    comment [] Source: eWEEK Technology News Study: S.F. Area Has Most WiFi Hot Spots The San Francisco Bay Area is the nation's top market for wireless Internet hot spots, according to a new study sponsored by Intel Corp. Source Link 7:15:25 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Extending Connexion to the Ground Connexion by Boeing and Singapore's StarHub connect network billing: It's been a dream of mine since I first heard about Connexion that the business traveler of tomorrow checks their email at home over Wi-Fi (using DSL backhaul), handles work in the back of the cab to the airport by 2.5G/3G, logs into the airport Wi-Fi network, and hops on the plane to use in-flight Wi-Fi--all with a single account. StarHub and Connexion's memo of understanding is the first step in seamless connectivity. The kinds of business travelers who routinely fly distances that will be served by Connexion are the kind who want (and possibly need) continuous connectivity to keep their role in the business information flow active. This doesn't mean you want to sit next to them, on the plane, of course, especially once in-flight cellular becomes a reality.... Source Link 7:15:24 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Steve Stroh's Broadband Wireless Blog Steve Stroh has a new blog at Corante on broadband wireless Internet access: Steve is a long-time wireless advocate who analyzes developments in BWIA (broadband wireless Internet access) in his newsletter FOCUS on BWIA. His new blog covers more ground less formally. Steve is the person to turn to for technical analysis of spectrum issues. Read, for instance, his proposal at the WTF conference about having the U.S. government buy back the 2.5-2.6 GHz spectrum to unlicense it.... Source Link 7:15:23 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Tool to Crack Cisco LEAP Released Automated LEAP attack tool available: A network engineer last year reported a major hole in Lightweight EAP, Cisco's previously preferred method of authentication a user across a wireless network to gain access to a network. He held off on releasing an automated tool until now, IDG News Service reports. Asleap finds LEAP-protected networks, forces users off their connections (deauthenticates them) to force a new authentication, grabs that transaction, and starts a massive dictionary attack on the password. Cisco's replacement for LEAP, EAP-FAST, will stop dictionary-based cracking from working, Cisco says, but the products aren't yet available. Deauthentication is an important part of the wireless cracker's arsenal because it forces a new authentication right when the cracker is watching. This reduces waiting time, and allows a cracker to monitor traffic for under a minute in some cases. (Deassociation forces a client off a Wi-Fi network, and can be used to force re-authentication or for denial of service attacks -- or, as Airespace uses it, to deny connections to rogue access points.)... Source Link 7:15:21 PM    comment [] Source: Wi-Fi Networking News Qwest Offers Wi-Fi in DSL Modem Qwest is selling DSL customers a $60 (or rented for $3/month) gateway with Wi-Fi built-in: Actiontec is a big winner here, with Qwest selling their DSL/Wi-Fi combo. This may be the first U.S. telecom or cable firm to offer Wi-Fi so aggressively as an integrated product, but it won't be the last. It will soon be de rigeur to offer Wi-Fi as an option or a baseline feature in gateways and broadband modems. The products are available; the ISPs just need to hop on the right bandwagon. The price is notable, because past offerings of Wi-Fi equipment to telco customers has been far above market prices. This price tag of $60 seems perfectly reasonable given its integration. It's not clear from the article whether technical support for Wi-Fi is included in the DSL subscription.... Source Link 7:15:20 PM    comment [] Source: eWEEK Technology News Pair of Cisco Apps Are Open to Attack Cisco warns customers that the software application that manages its wireless LAN products and another one used to monitor services in data centers contain unchangeable default passwords, opening them up to compromise by attackers. Source Link 7:15:18 PM    comment [] © 2004 [OCCalWUG] Last Update: 5/14/2004; 9:03:02 PM

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