Vulnerable Encryption

Apr 19,2010 by alperen

The Wi-Fi 802.11b infrastructure has difficulties with its encryption
scheme, which can easily be decrypted. One of the ways that wireless
users can make their wireless connection more secure is to connect
through a virtual private network (VPN) that can be established
through the wireless connection. Unfortunately, most users are either
unaware of this capability or unwilling to implement it. The primary
reason people are not impressed with using these forms of encryption is
because they add a great deal of overhead to the connection. Encryption
essentially slows down the speed of the wireless connection. In 802.11a
environments this is not so bad because such environments have a maximum
speed of 54 Mbps. However, since 802.11b is limited to a speed of
11 Mbps, adding encryption slows down the connection to the point of
disrupting the user’s wireless network connectivity.

Related news

» Point-to-Point Wireless Application Security
by alperen posted on Apr 19,2010
» Conclusion: Evolution of the 802.11 Standard
by alperen posted on Apr 09,2010
» Enabling Encryption Security
by alperen posted on Mar 25,2010
» Taking a Performance Hit
by alperen posted on Apr 21,2010
» Cost Concerns
by alperen posted on May 12,2010

Did you enjoy this article?

(total 0 votes)

Comments (0 posted)

More Top News

CCSP-Cisco Certified Security Professional