Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems
The wireless networks have changed the way organizations work and offered a new range of possibilities, but at the same time they introduced new security threats. While an attacker needs physical access to a wired network in order to launch an attack, a wireless network allows anyone within its rang...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Inforec Association
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Informatică economică |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistaie.ase.ro/content/47/23Timofte.pdf |
| Summary: | The wireless networks have changed the way organizations work and offered a new range of possibilities, but at the same time they introduced new security threats. While an attacker needs physical access to a wired network in order to launch an attack, a wireless network allows anyone within its range to passively monitor the traffic or even start an attack. One of the countermeasures can be the use of Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems. |
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| ISSN: | 1453-1305 1842-8088 |