Wireless LAN Security: Pentagon Crackdown on Technology Threats

When the Pentagon--no small potential customer--cracked down recently on the installation of wireless LANs, the industry sat up and took notice. Why? The inherent vulnerabilities of the technology. If you simply go to the nearest computer dealer and buy a . . . When the Pentagon--no small potential customer--cracked down recently on the installation of wireless LANs, the industry sat up and took notice. Why? The inherent vulnerabilities of the technology. If you simply go to the nearest computer dealer and buy a $99 access point and plug it in, your wireless link will be insecure.

But vendors are bringing out commercial equipment to make it easier to overcome the security problems that plague wireless LANs. They are splitting access points into two parts so that the 2.4- and 5.0-Gigahertz radio signals can be showered anywhere, but a second component behind the corporate firewall will arbitrate the access or movement of data.

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