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- Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise
- Update 2/23/2008 - Cisco confirms vulnerability in 7921 Wi-Fi IP phone Security conscious businesses and organizations who implemented 802.1x/EAP enterprise-grade authentication are at risk with certain implementations of wireless LAN VoIP handsets. I have verified that Vocera Communications is one of the vulnerable vendors and I have...
- Tags: VoIP, Password, WPA-PSK, Handset, Authentication, Character, Wireless, Flaw, PEAP, Badge, WPA-PSK Mode, PSK, Security, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- WPA PSK Cracking, a case for strong authentication
- WPA PSK Cracking, a case for strong authenticationTiny Peap on Linksys 4400NCan you tell me how I would run this on a Linksys 4400N wireless router.Do tou have step by step for people who are busy.What hardware do I need beside a router?Do I need a server or stand alone...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, SECURITY, WPA-PSK, authentication
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- WPA PSK Passphrase Generator (exe)
- WPA PSK Passphrase Generator will generate 63 character ascii pass phrases randomly, allowing the generated passphrase to be copied to the clipboard. It uses only A-Z, a-z, and 0-9, so it should work will all networking hardware some of which choke on various punctuation characters. An alternative to online passcode...
- Tags: WPA-PSK
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
- Don't assume WPA2 is more secure than WPA
- AirDefense recently did a Wireless LAN security survey of New York City retailers where they declared two thirds of retailers insecure according to John Cox's story. According to the AirDefense survey, a third used zero link layer wireless LAN security explanation of link layer here and a third used "weak...
- Tags: WPA, AirDefense, AES, WEP, WPA-PSK, Problem, IEEE 802.1X, Authentication, WPA2, Encryption Mode, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Security, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Ruckus wireless LAN security method solves usability versus security dilemma
- One of the biggest problems with wireless LAN security standards is the lack of an intermediate solution. Your only choices in securing a wireless LAN were to deploy enterprise grade WPA wireless LAN security which requires RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service servers in addition to a PKI (Public...
- Tags: MAC, WPA-PSK, WLAN, RADIUS, Client, LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Is it ethical to turn on wireless security for an open access point?
- One of my readers sent me the following question and I thought it posed an interesting question on ethics. I'll post his email and then I'll answer his questions. I helped a friend move, and re-established her wireless network working with a new ISP. While working, I encountered 7...
- Tags: Password, Router, Network, WPA-PSK, Access Point, Wireless Security, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Wireless, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- Wireless LAN security myths that won't die
- 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? ...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Routers & switches, Network technology, wireless, WLAN, SSID, router, Wi-Fi, WPA-PSK
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keys
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keysHard knocks for little profit...sounds like a good standard for home security to me. Home users need to do threat assessment similar to the big boys. We think about what we have to protect and invest in an appropriate level of security. I'm not...
- Tags: Network security, WIRELESS, Wireless LANs, WPA-PSK, Steve Gibson, WPA, WEP, Wi-Fi, security
- Discussion threads 2005-11-15
- Steve Gibson weighs in on WPA-PSK keys
- When I got an email from a gentleman pointing me to a link where the great Steve Gibson weighed in on my blog about sufficient key lengths for WPA-PSK keys, I knew I had to brace myself for a good old fashion can of WA. Little did I know...
- Tags: WPA-PSK cracking tool, WPA-PSK Cracking
- Blog posts 2005-11-15
- How long does a WPA key need to be?
- [Updated 11/15/05 2:32 AM: Fixed math error] I've spent years telling people how to secure their Wireless LANs, but what generated the most interested was an article on what not to do. When my "Six dumbest ways to secure a Wireless LAN" blog struck a nerve, people wanted to...
- Tags: WPA-PSK cracking tool, WPA-PSK Cracking
- Blog posts 2005-11-11
- Lost in the Ethernet
- Lost in the EthernetI absolutely could have sworn I left a comment here...Hmmm... perhaps I accidently posted it somewhere else. But I shall repeat. Suggesting someone purchase another card and swapping the cards back and forth for the purposes of using Wifi in with the different OS's is...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Network technology, WPA Supplicant, Linux, ndiswrapper, card, WPA-PSK, Microsoft Windows, Ethernet
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- WEP cracking for dummies
- WEP cracking for dummiesWhat about pproprietary?Well, I'm setting up Cisco Aironet 350 Bridge equipment this week. It has 128 bit WEP. I'm not too stressed about it, because the equipment doesn't act as a multipoint access point, and I set 802.1x compatibility to "off." Seems to me that for enterprise...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, WPA, WEP, firmware, Linux, WPA-PSK, security
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
- Simple advice for securing your home wireless LAN
- Simple advice for securing your home wireless LANnothing new hereSee http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/bowman_05february10.mspx for the real skinny on wireless security. Looks like you've summarized this quite well.Mixed network - PC and MACI appreciate your article on network security and have, in fact, saved the wpa to a USB dongle as suggested. ...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, Desktops, WPA, WPA-PSK, Apple Macintosh, WPA-PSK mode, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-03-15
- WPA PSK Cracking, a case for strong authentication
- Last week, you may have read the headline "WPA Cracked!" or something to that effect. Just to clear things up now, it is not the overall standard that has been "cracked" but the simpler implementation of WPA called WPA PSK (Pre-Shared Keys). This really wasn't a surprise to the security...
- Tags: WPA, TinyPEAP
- Blog posts 2004-11-12
Additional Resources
- TP-LINK TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router
- The TP-Link TL-WR941ND Wireless N Router is a wireless router that supports the Draft N 2.0 specification and not much else. This means no network storage or dual-band support (the router works only in the 2.4GHz frequency), no print-serving capability, and no Gigabit Ethernet. The router doesn't even offer N-mode-only...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, router, TP-Link, Wireless-N, TP-Link TL-WR941ND, TL-WR941ND
- Product reviews 2008-07-24
- Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router
- Editor's note: Although our First Look video states that the WRT610N costs only $149, the street price may prove higher.The Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router is the first true dual-band wireless router we've reviewed, and one of only a few on the market. In our tests, it easily...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, Network-attached storage (NAS), NETWORKING, wireless router, Storage Link, WRT610N, Linksys Inc., router, Linksys WRT310N, storage
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- How to repair a dropped Wi-Fi signal on Vista laptops
- How to repair a dropped Wi-Fi signal on Vista laptops2 reports about the same issueI have a desktop at home that is connected wirelessly; never had a problem with Vista dropping the connection (I used to have WEP and then changed to WPA2 and both worked fine).then i bought a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista, dropped Wi-Fi signal, WPA2, router, Wi-Fi Signal, Vista Laptop, laptop computer, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Apple announces iPhone 3G; firmware 2.0
- As was widely expected, Apple today announced the iPhone 3G and formally demonstrated the new features coming in the iPhone 2.0 firmware update. Both will be available beginning on 11 July 2008:iPhone 3G features: 3G data that is 2.8 times faster than EDGE...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Firmware, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- WWDC keynote highlights: iPhone 2.0, MobileMe
- Steve Jobs has taken the stage at WWDC and here's what we know so far: The next version of Mac OS X is indeed called "Snow Leopard" In the first 95 days of the SDK being available, over 250k people have downloaded it. iPhone 2...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Corporate Communications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Hardware 2.0 WWDC "blogging the blogs" coverage
- Unfortunately a series of prior commitments meant that I couldn't make it to WWDC 08. Since I can't be there, I've decided to do the second best thing and cover WWDC from the angle of "blogging the blogs." So, here I am sitting in front of three...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Blog, Blogging, Hardware, App, Steve, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
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