Return of the pringles can: potato chip strikes back
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=562&ncid=738&e=7&u=/ap/20020929/ap_on_hi_te/wireless_security ................................................................................. Agency Probes D.C. Wireless Network Sun Sep 29, 1:37 PM ET By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Secret Service agents are putting a high-tech twist on the idea of a cop walking the beat. Using a laptop computer and an antenna fashioned from a Pringles potato chip can, they are looking for security holes in wireless networks in the nation's capital. The agency best known for protecting the president and chasing down counterfeiters has started addressing what it calls one of the most overlooked threats to computer networks. "Everybody wants wireless, it's real convenient," Special Agent Wayne Peterson said. "Security has always been an afterthought." .........and more in the article ............................... -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
