The cost-effectiveness and convenience offered by wireless networks makes them a tempting consideration, but a lack of inherent security will turn them into a hacker's playground, security experts have warned.
Simply driving through a city centre armed with a wireless detection tool would flag up dozens of networks, and the chances are that most of them won't be watertight.
vnunet.com, 08 Aug 2001
The cost-effectiveness and convenience offered by wireless networks makes them a tempting consideration, but a lack of inherent security will turn them into a hacker's playground, security experts have warned.
Simply driving through a city centre armed with a wireless detection tool would flag up dozens of networks, and the chances are that most of them won't be watertight.
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