Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) as a wireless security solution has been analysts' wireless whipping boy for years. But, for some reason, many companies still have ...

As a retailer who processes credit cards we have to comply with PCI security rules.<BR><BR>We have several wireless devices that mostly only support WEP. This includes several Symbol PDAs, and Zebra ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

When using a wireless Linksys router, you will have to pick which type of Wi-Fi encryption to use. This setting determines the strength of your security. Three types of security exist for general use: ...

Depending on which side of the wireless LAN (WLAN) fence you are on, you may like or dislike the wireless equivalent privacy (WEP) protocol. However, there is no escaping the fact that WEP alone is ...

The technique means that businesses can cost-effectively protect networks using old hardware, such as point-of-sale systems, without the need to upgrade every terminal or base station, the company ...

Stuart Okin and Ian Hellen at Microsoft UK give their opinion on how different forms of data encryption can protect wireless Lan users and corporate data from unwelcome snoopers After more than a ...

A new paper by a leading security expert says that the new Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security standard may be less secure in certain scenarios than WEP, the wireless standard it was designed to ...

I have a nice little Mandrake install on a Toshiba Satellite from work, with a Netgear wireless card connecting to my home network. Mandrake recognised the card on install, and worked flawlessly with ...

The 2Wire Gateway Hub connects an office network to the Internet via an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) broadband connection. While these devices are typically deployed in residential settings, they ...