[MLB-WIRELESS] Wireless Networks Let Your Computers Share - Sometimes Unintentionally

[Barry Park]

Source:   NewsFactor
   Date Written:  April 26, 2002
   Date Collected: April 29, 2002
   Title: Wireless Networks Let Your Computers Share - Sometimes
Unintentionally
Wireless 802.11b cards installed in laptops can give users a great deal of
mobility and freedom.  However, these cards can be insecure, and if proper
security precautions are not taken, the machine utilizing the wireless
connection can be insecure within a 300-foot range.  Hackers with the proper
technology can actually move around, a technique known as war driving, and
pick up wireless networks.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17460.html



*********************************************************************************
This email and any files transmitted with it may be legally privileged 
and confidential.  If you are not the intended recipient of this email,
you must not disclose or use the information contained in it.  If you 
have received this email in error, please notify us by return email and 
permanently delete the document.
*********************************************************************************

To unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo at wireless.org.au
with "unsubscribe melbwireless" in the body of the message