Wireless networks: background

"we're not using wires anymore" -- IEEE 802.11 security measures:

• First try: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

  weak link level encryption - broken; deters naive attackers

• Second try: WiFi Protected Access (WPA)

  Flexible and complex - better on paper; "constantly improving"; support varies

- > you need SSH & SSL

See eg www.kjhole.com for references.