Using the 802.11 security features certainly increases the security of the WLAN.However, these features alone do not provide a complete wireless security solution.A number of security concerns have been raised. These concerns were motivatingfactors in the development of Cisco’s EAP-LEAP and Interlink Networks’ RADSeriesEAP-LEAP support.MAC Address AuthenticationOpen and Shared Key Authentication involves the station authenticating to anaccess point using the station’s MAC address. This type of authentication does notconsider the identity of the user. Thus anyone stealing a laptop or NIC configuredwith the WEP keys can obtain network access.One Way AuthenticationWEP authentication is one-way only. The access point does not need to authenticateto the mobile station. This may allow a ro
By Jack Carey, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA — With security concerns at sports venues on the minds of athletic administrators in the post-9/11 world, representatives of 38 colleges from across the nation met Wednesday at Temple University for the first intercollegiate athletics sport security and safety workshop.
The workshop was presented by ADT Security Services and
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By Jack Carey, USA TODAY PHILADELPHIA — With security concerns at sports venues on the minds of athletic administrators in the post-9/11 world, representatives of 38 colleges from across the nation met Wednesday at Temple University for the first intercollegiate athletics sport security and safety workshop.
The workshop was presented by ADT Security Services and
more…
Hi,I did get a chance to submit a paper on security concerns in Web 2.0This paper has been published by OWASP now and is available at link below:PDF version:http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_PapersHTML version:http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Papers/Jeopardy_in_Web_2_0Happy reading !!!Please feel free to drop in your comments about the paper.You can mail me at dharmeshmm_at_gmail_comWregs,Dharmesh M MehtaMastek Ltd.
The Telegraph: Freedom of speech row as talk on Islamic extremists is bannedA leading university has been accused of “selling out” academic freedom of speech by scrapping a talk on links between the Nazis and Islamic anti-semitism after allegedly receiving emails from Muslims protesting about the event. Matthias Küntzel, a German author and political scientist who specialises in the threat of Islamic fundamentalism, was told yesterday by the University of Leeds that a talk scheduled for yesterday evening, and a two-day workshop, on Hitler’s Legacy: Islamic Anti-semitism in the Middle East, had been cancelled because of security fears. In a statement yesterday, two academics in the Leeds German department, which had organised the event, claimed the university had bowed “to Muslim protests”. Dr Küntzel said he had given similar addresses around the world and there had been no problems. He added: “I was told it was for security reasons - that they cannot shelter my person
