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Security of wireless networking still an afterthought

posted onJanuary 24, 2002
by hitbsecnews

Source: Vnunet

Enterasys Networks has rolled out the biggest wireless network in the education sector but admitted it has yet to perform a thorough security audit. Ninestiles School in Birmingham is using 38 Enterasys Roamabout R2 access points to connect its 1,400 pupils and 95 teachers. Each of the access points connects to an X-Pedition 8000 multilayer switch router. The network uses the notoriously weak Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol to provide encryption.
Despite the size of the installation, it took Enterasys and consultancy TCPIP only a week to do the entire integration. However, this did not include checks on the network's integrity.

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