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- Apple AirPort (dmg)
- AirPort Update improves reliability of AirPort connections when changing network locations. The update is recommended for all users with an AirPort Extreme and AirPort enabled computer or an AirPort Extreme base station. The AirPort 3.4 software release supports both AirPort Extreme and AirPort products. AirPort technology, as well as other...
- Tags: WPA, Network, Apple Airport, Apple Inc., AirPort Update, AirPort Extreme, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-02-06
- Don't assume WPA2 is more secure than WPA
- Don't assume WPA2 is more secure than WPAWhatever you do, don't use WEP!Just to re-iterate a point: Don't use WEP. It can be broken in about a minute, so it's basically as secure as having an open connection with no security.Verizon uses WEP as Default on there DSLEvery verizon wireless...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, SECURITY, NETWORKING, WEP, network, wireless, WPA2, WPA
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- 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
- The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virus
- 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...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Strong Encryption, MAC Address Filtering, WPA, SSID, Wi-Fi virus, Wi-Fi, MAC address, MAC, virus, network
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virus
- It's flu seasonfor you and your wireless router. A study by Indiana University proves that a virus can quickly spread among unsecured or WEP-encrypted routers in densely populated urban areas. But networks secured by the WPA protocol were impenetrable, and that gives you one more good reason to really...
- Tags: WPA, Router, Malware, Virus, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Viruses And Worms, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- Nintendo to bring DS downloads to Wii
- Nintendo to bring DS downloads to WiiDS Online PlayAbout using a DS online... DS's "Zelda: Phantom Hourglass" has a network configuration utility that was able to get me onto my WEP Security-Enabled network - though you're quite right about the pain-in-the-patella of typing the key, but it's no more difficult...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, Nintendo Wii, WPA, Nintendo Co. Ltd., WEP
- Discussion threads 2008-01-03
- WEP and WPA keygenerator (zip)
- WEP and WPA keygenerator is intended to assist you in creating random or custom WEP or WPA keys in order to secure small private wireless networks. It allows you to create 64/128/192/256-bit random or custom WEP keys as well as small/medium/maximum(63 characters) random or custom WPA keys. It allows you...
- Tags: WPA, WEP, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-08-17
- Why VPN can't replace Wi-Fi security
- Every time the subject of wireless LAN security comes up, people ask me about VPN as a solution for securing Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi is the common marketing name for 802.11 wireless LANs). Ive always told people that VPN security shouldnt be a substitute for good Wi-Fi security and I even...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless security, VPNs, Network security, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, VPN, Wi-Fi security, WPA, WEP
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
- Open Access Point defense for child porn shot down
- Open Access Point defense for child porn shot downIt may only take one real casewhere an open access point is the cause of something as horrendous as this to force manufacturers to ship their products in something like a responsible configuration. If you can keep track of serial numbers...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, SECURITY, WEP, WPA, access point, router, child pornography
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- German researchers put final nail in WEP
- German researchers put final nail in WEPWPA was widely available back thenWPA was widely available back then and there are newer versions of the DS still being sold. The need to PATCH it.Nintendo made the move on the Wii, don't be so quick to judge GeorgeThe Wii supports WEP,...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, SECURITY, identity theft, WEP, WPA
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Wireless LAN security myths that won't die
- Its been two years since I wrote "The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN," and its probably been one of my more successful blog entries ever, with two flashes on Digg. Since that time, Ive written a free electronic book on enterprise wireless LAN security for anyone to...
- Tags: LANs, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, security, wireless-LAN security, WLAN, wireless
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Apple releases Mac OS 10.4.9
- Apple releases Mac OS 10.4.9Why?What's the big deal? I've installed it already and I haven't seen any problems.Update is fine on all my computersI update my many machines as soon as an update becomes available. Haven't ever had a problem and 10.4.9 is no exception. My machines...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Wi-Fi, WINDOWS USERS, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, WPA2, WPA, humor, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Linux, XP, and my old PC
- Linux, XP, and my old PCWEP and WPAI can see why you don't want to compromise on the security of your network, but one reason WPA isn't a priority is that it really doesn't make a difference. All of the wireless networks that I use, for instance, are presumed...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, UNIX, Operating systems, Network security, OPEN SOURCE, WIRELESS, OpenOffice.org, PC, Linux, distro, WPA, network
- Discussion threads 2006-07-31
- Still plugged in to the raw Internet? Here are some $25 routers
- Still plugged in to the raw Internet? Here are some $25 routersGood list... thanks.Speaking of "I don't understand"... I don't understand why so many people ignore malware scanning and firewalling at the network perimeter and choose to batten down each PC instead. While a house may have lockable rooms,...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Linux, Network technology, Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, router, raw Internet, WPA, DenyHosts, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-07-07
- Microsoft WPA2: How to look a gift horse in the mouth
- There's an old proverb: Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. This basically means when someone gives you something like a horse for nothing, you don't look in that horse's mouth and complain that the horse has bad teeth. This is why I was really taken...
- Tags: WPA2 Support, Andrew Garcia, Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-06-13
- Congress may make ISPs snoop on you
- Congress may make ISPs snoop on youRE: Exactly!>>...Is it 2008 yet?...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, Wi-Fi, router, WPA, U.S. Congress, New World Order, government, wireless
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- Windows Password Analyser (exe)
- WPA provides two capabilities to system administrators: It helps administrators secure Windows systems through comprehensive auditing of Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 user account passwords. It recovers Windows user account passwords to access accounts whose passwords are lost. Password recovery is done with minutes.
- Tags: WPA, Password, Password Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-03-17
- Are security vendors prepared to deal with virtual machines? Probably not.
- Are security vendors prepared to deal with virtual machines? Probably not.Trusted Computing GroupDon't they have an approach that would work?www.trustecomputinggroup.orgMicrosoft licensing is just fine, you're the one making a mistakeI can think of a dozen and one reasons why, even if the home user could come up with a good...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Network security, UNIX, Wi-Fi, virtual machine, security, Microsoft Windows, WPA
- Discussion threads 2006-02-28
- Are security vendors prepared to deal with virtual machines? Probably not
- Yesterday, I penned another blog that extolled the virtues of virtual machine VM technologies like VMware's namesake Workstation product. For that specific entry, I talked about what happens when a virtual machine that was created on an AMD-based system is moved over to an Intel-based system. In my...
- Tags: virtual machine
- Blog posts 2006-02-28
- Windows Wi-Fi vulnerability discovered
- 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...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Network security, Microsoft Corp., Wi-Fi, network, SSID, WPA, WEP, Microsoft Windows, security
- Discussion threads 2006-01-16
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