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Security Comparison: Bluetooth Vs. 802.11b

Overview This paper discusses the similarities and differences between Bluetooth and 802.11b in terms of functionality and security. IEEE 802.11b is mostly applied to LAN access. LAN access is only one of the applications that Bluetooth is designed for. In fact Bluetooth has caused a new acronym to be formed, Personal Area Network or PAN. For Bluetooth, different target applications require different security architectures.

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Publisher	NeoNET	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	July 2002	Downloads	8
Format	White Papers
Topics	Wireless LAN, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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