Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i

Preface

Why This Book Now?

Ask anyone with a computer whether they want to be protected against strangers reading their data or planting viruses. Not really worth the effort, is it? Everyone wants this type of protection. However, most Wi-Fi wireless LANs operating in 2003 have no effective security. In fact, so many Wi-Fi LANs operate without security that an entire new hobby, “war driving,” has sprung up in which folks drive around detecting and connecting to unsuspecting networks for fun. There are Web sites that publish the location and details of unprotected networks that are found—there are bound to be some near you! This problem is the result of people being unaware of the danger, but you are different, right?

The fact that you are reading ...