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Security problems in 802.11-based networks

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Russ Housley,

William ArbaughAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 46, Issue 5

Pages 31 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/769800.769822

Published: 01 May 2003 Publication History

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Assessing inherent wireless network security deficiencies and seeking solutions.

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Security problems in 802.11-based networks
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
2. Networks
  1. Network architectures
  2. Network properties
    1. Network range
      1. Local area networks
      2. Wide area networks

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Communications of the ACM Volume 46, Issue 5

Wireless networking security

May 2003

84 pages

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EISSN:1557-7317

DOI:10.1145/769800

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