Cryptography Locks Down WAP and P2P Transmissions
The Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) can be used with both WWAN services (CDPD, CDMA, GSM, etc.) and WLAN services (802.11). WAP is a specification for a set of communication protocols designed to allow and standardize ways for wireless devices to get information from networks and display it in their browsers. Using WAP, you can communicate with any operating system, including Palm OS, Symbian OS, Windows CE, and JavaOS. WAP helps to define servers, called gateways, that mediate between wired and wireless networks, and provide value-added services to wireless networks. However, these gateways and the initial releases of WAP proved to be a security liability, as you'll see.
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