Platform Bias

PC laptops usually run some version of Windows or some flavor of Linux
or UNIX to access your WLAN. Hardware solutions like the one
described above are usually your best route, rather than relying explicitly
on software to create a protective VPN link. Macintosh and PC computers
do communicate on the same 802.11b frequency, but Windows
and Mac employ different platforms, which means different encryption
software. It is far too easy to fall into a trap in which one platform does
not have the most up-to-date version of encryption software, or worse
yet, having the Mac not equipped with the proper software to access the
VPN that your PC can!

The point of vulnerability is at your access point, but a hacker can
easily find some way to steal your laptop and determine how to break
into the WLAN. If you protect your access point by deploying an effective
WLAN firewall, and immediately deactivate the access privileges
from a stolen laptop computer by removing its unique MAC address
from the access control list of your network, you can at least have the
minimum level of protection required to ensure hackers won’t compromise
your security and breach your safeguards. 262