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Wireless Network May Bring Security Victims

Worried About Wi-Fi Security?

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 01/19/2005 | 06:52 PM ]

Wireless network has proven to be the best solution not only for office, but for home use as well. It does not demand to install miles of network cables thus reducing the time and in some cases money needed to establish a working network. As in all things there is also a dark side, in this particular case with Wireless Local Area Network, the problem is security.

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Even for IT professional Matthew Ingrassia, keeping a home Wi-Fi network safe from outside threats is close to a full-time undertaking.

“The technical coordinator for Washington, D.C.-based law firm Thompson Coburn harbors apprehensions that someone may be able to infiltrate the wireless network he set up in his Maryland home, despite all the training he brought to it. And he’s pretty sure there are a lot of less-experienced people out there with no clue just how vulnerable their wireless systems may be”.

“Running a home network with no security is akin to unlocking your door and hanging a sign on your house inviting thieves inside to steal,” Ingrassia said. “It’s easy to see how for someone with no real training, figuring out how to protect yourself might seem nearly impossible,” said Mathew Ingrassia, an IT professional.