How to Avoid Security Risks for Mobile Computing on Public WLANs
Wireless broadband Internet access via hotspots is convenient for both the casual surfer and the Internet-dependent teleworker. Unfortunately, current security technologies integrated into wireless LAN (WLAN) products offer insufficient protection here, and mobile users must be wary when accessing the central company network via a hotspot.
What is necessary is a security solution that protects the teleworkers’ place in all phases of connection construction on hotspots – without risky, foreboding configurations and without the help of users or administrators. This article will illuminate the effectiveness of VPN security mechanisms, data encryption, strong authentication and personal firewalls. Plus, it will show how optimal protection can be achieved by dynamically integrating each of these technologies.
