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		<title><![CDATA[Wired vs. wireless - security vs. speed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wired vs. wireless - security vs. speedBut Zack...[i]...the only place in my house that I could get a decent wireless connection was lying on my back with my legs perched against the corner kitchen surface, with my laptop resting precariously on my belly.[/i]...isn't that the position you always assume when...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:59:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromise]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromiseSSID broadcastingBroadcasting your SSID isn't necessarily a security issue in that all it does is hide it from Microsoft's default wifi network listing and configuration tool. Any other OS and almost all other wifi networking tools will still easily see wireless access...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IT Dojo: How to spoof a MAC address]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you support small offices, home offices, and remote offices, you often run across older wireless equipment. Equipment that's likely secured with MAC filtering and perhaps a hidden SSID and WEP encryption.Most techs would agree that MAC filtering alone isn't going to secure a wireless network and that even WEP...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:18:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PCI security standard endangers wireless LANsI see no problem with SSID hidingThe real problem is that the SSID probe request contains enough information to facilitate offline cracking.The SSID probe request will always be there, if it's insecure, then make it secure!Users will always use urban legend security sometimes in addition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PCI security standard endangers wireless LANs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=941]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With wireless penetration tools like KARMA and the new FreeRADIUS-WPE, users who are using urban legend security and enterprise wireless LANs are more vulnerable than ever.  One of the biggest threats facing wireless LAN users is SSID probing which is forced by the reckless usage of SSID broadcast suppression....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:29:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virusNo such word as "kudo"There is no such word as "kudo". "Kudos" is not a plural, it is a greek word meaning, literally, "praise". You should have used the term "kudos-seeking", not "kudo-seeking".RE: The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virusHow about MAC...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:34:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Adventures in wireless]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adventures in wirelessHP Wireless UtilityIs admittedly horrible.  I recommend disabling it and using the built in windows wireless util.  As far as your comparisons I've had much easier times configuring PCs for use on a router then macs.That's because Apple probes for SSIDs every 60 seconds which is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:22:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wireless LAN security myths that won't die]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wireless LAN security myths that won't dieDoes OS X probe for hidden SSIDsThe story mentioned that WinXP did this.  What about Mac OS X?So at homeI run a 802.11g router in "silent" mode with WPA-PSK.  You would argue that I should re-enable the SSID broadcast?  Why? ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Wi-Fi security myths good for deterrence?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/askbloggie/?p=23]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to my popular "The six dumbest ways to secure a Wireless LAN", Timothy wrote a letter to me asking if there was any legitimate deterrence value against the casual hacker to some of the common myths in securing a Wireless LAN such as "SSID suppression", "DHCP restrictions", and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 02:10:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows Wi-Fi 'vulnerability' not a vulnerability]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Wi-Fi 'vulnerability' not a vulnerabilityGood One / Infrastructure OnlyA quick Start>Run>cmd, to get to a dos prompt followed by:netstat -rWill display your routing table.If you see 'link-local' or you use -rn, you should NOT expect to see a destination:169.254.x.xAs George astutely points out George knows Networking, setting your wireless...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:41:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows Wi-Fi 'vulnerability' not a vulnerability]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=149]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[Updated 1/20/2006 2:00 AM:  I had a chat with Mark Loveless after he contacted me after reading this blog and we cleared some issues up.] We've had two stories this week by Tom Espiner declaring a new Wi-Fi vulnerability in Windows XP with SP2 and that a fix wasn't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:01:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows Wi-Fi vulnerability discovered]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows Wi-Fi vulnerability discoveredQuestion about this "vulnerability"[i]You could just as easily connect to an unsecured evil twin network.[/i]If you specified a WEP or WPA key on your client along with the SSID, would that protect you from connecting to an "evil twin network" or an unexpected peer computer? I would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=43]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last three years, I've been meaning to put to rest once and for all the urban legends and myths on wireless LAN security. Every time I write an article or blog on wireless LAN security, someone has to come along and regurgitate one of these myths. If that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2005 02:01:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Worried about Wi-Fi security?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worried about Wi-Fi security?For what it's worth...Security was easy to configure on my Netgear wireless router at home.  I don't broadcast the SSID, I use mac registration for wireless, and I'm running WPA PSK.  The router also has a firewall.  That's hardly fool-proof, but it should make...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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