Wireless LAN, whether based on the IEEE 802.11 or the Bluetooth standard, is a security nightmare. IEEE 802.11 systems have a range of at least 100 metres from a transmitter. The industry and its customers are waiting on the standards community and...
In fact, Bossert believes that the biggest threat to BT's WLAN business could come from private individuals who allow the public to share their broadband internet connections through open wireless access points.
Details have not yet been ironed out, but the system is likely to be similar to the one GNER is trialling, connecting to the internet via a satellite link, Eurostar said. GNER has moved the furthest down the track toward enabling its trains with...
I remember taking the screws out of a public call box (or two) and dismantling hotel junction boxes to get at the wiring. In the early days connecting to a telephone line with a modem required a tool kit, alligator clips and a great deal of...
Speaking at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Gates showed off the first public demo of Vista and the next version of Office and said they are about "connecting people to the information they want" and improving the...
The danger of employees connecting to rogue wi-fi networks is a serious concern, according to Christopher Linfoot, IT director at the LDV Group. He said: "The fact that staff have laptops and PCs at home, generally connected wirelessly to their...
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