How secure is WLAN to unintentional eavesdropping?
A Public WLAN can be made a secure as required. The 802.11 “appliances” have a built in very secure 64 bit Wired Equivalence Privacy (WEP) facility which enables all local club WLAN equipment to have entered a common key code without which they cannot interconnect (and which may of course be changed from time to time). The WLAN/WAP network protocol allows a unique SSID code to be entered. All intercommunicating WLAN cards and WAPs must have the same (or ANY) SSID without which they will not interconnect. Access to a PRIVATE WLAN requires users being set up at a high level to use a named WORKGROUP without which they will not interconnect. Once connected to a server, users must use a recognised name or password (or guest login) without which they will not enter the system. The latest Netscape Navigator offers users a “military grade” 128K encryption useable on any mail or file system. #12 ….what’s the real position with this particular technology – is it not the case that the antennae
