Topic: Security

O'Reilly Network articles about this topic:

A Technical Comparison of TTLS and PEAP (Wireless DevCenter)
Strong authentication is a key component of wireless LAN security. Matthew Gast, author of 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, looks at the latest wireless LAN authentication protocols.

Wireless LAN Security: A Short History (Wireless DevCenter)
Matthew Gast, author of O'Reilly's 802.11: The Definitive Guide, explains the security flaws in 802.11 wireless networks and looks ahead to the remedies.

Using SSH Tunneling (Wireless DevCenter)
UC Berkeley researchers have found weaknesses in the Wired Equivalent Privacy algorithm used in the 802.11 wireless LAN standard. Rob Flickenger shows how to set up Secure Shell (SSH) to keep your wireless access secure.

PalmOS, Half-Life Server, and Ethereal Vulnerabilities (Linux DevCenter)
Problems this week include more symlink problems with catman and dialog, buffer overflows in oops, halflifeserver, and ethereal, key problems with gnupg, problems with PalmOS devices, and a prime example of amazing vulnerabilities in third-party software packages.

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