[MLB-WIRELESS] A shining example of why businesses *should not* use 802.11b

[Paul van den Bergen]

On 05/03/02 02:14 PM, sanbar wrote:

>Best Buy closes wireless registers 
>Hackers say credit card data vulnerable; other retailers at risk 
>By Bob Sullivan
>MSNBC 
>
> May 1 -- Think you are safe from the cryptic world of wireless computer 
>hacking? Think again. Security researchers who study wireless networks 
>have found another embarrassing information leak, this one involving 
>well-known retail giants.  
>
>http://www.msnbc.com/news/746380.asp?cp1=1
>

WHat worries me about this is not that the 802.11b security is lax, but 
what it reveils about corporate lack of security in general. symptom not 
a cause, surely?

quote
"There are security mechanisms in place, but whether or not (the stores) 
use them is a different story," Ferrone said. "If the security is not 
turned on, then the traffic would be open."

I think that says it all really.

-- 
Dr Paul van den Bergen
SERC
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paul at serc.rmit.edu.au
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