Wireless Networks: Open Doors for Bad Guys
Then in August, two security consultants released a program dubbed AirSnort for public consumption. AirSnort took Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir's theoretical framework and turned it into solid code that most tech-savvy users could operate with little difficulty. In effect, the program points out the holes in WEP security. It could allow anyone with a laptop running Linux to drive or walk around a city and gain unauthorized access to potentially sensitive wireless networks.
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