A few months ago, I wrote an article about Windows Vista's ability to form ad hoc networks using the IPv6 protocol. Since that time, I have received a considerable amount of email from readers who are ...

Let me start off by saying that there is absolutely no way achieve total security in a WLAN. By deploying a WLAN in a network, you are increasing your security risks over a purely wired network.

In Chapter 11, Benkler discusses security considerations in relation to open wireless networks. He concludes that encrypted routers would have “enormously deleterious effects on the development of ...

Point-to-point computer networks contain two or more computers connected to each other using a wireless network adapter. These connections are also known as "ad-hoc" networks. There are many uses for ...

What do I do about wireless security? You can take three really simple steps to dramatically increase the security of your wireless network. It is not foolproof wireless security, but it will keep you ...

Cyber Security & Information Assurance; Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks; Cognitive Radio Networks & Security; Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks; Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) Communications. Chunxiao (Tricia) ...

College students do it. Coffee shop customers do it too. Your neighbour in Apartment 3C is probably doing it right now. Many computer users search for an available wireless network to tap into -- at ...

A new danger to wireless network security has been revealed by a team of US computer researchers. A so-called “wormhole attack” could be used to knock a vulnerable network out of action or defeat a ...

In this era of Facebook, Twitter and the iPhone, it is easy to take for granted our ability to connect to the world. Yet communication is most critical precisely at those times when the communications ...