May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
1176 pages
28h 24m
English
Access to your network via 802.11 wireless access points (APs) should be considered as a form of remote access. Unlike wired LANs and WANs, the wireless network boundary can easily and unintentionally extend beyond your organization's perimeters and, by default, is also available to anyone visiting your organization that has a wireless access card and appropriate computing device. Laptop computers and PDAs now come with wireless network cards, and for those that do not have a card, many inexpensive cards are available.
By default, little to no security is imposed on wireless network APs; thus, wireless networks can pose serious threats to the security of wired networks. There are security features provided with ...
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