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Story: Be aware of wireless threats

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Posted by: Iain Collins (Monday 24 October 2005, 3:00 PM)

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Oops, seems there is a character limit on responses - the previous Talkback response should have finished up with...:

In conclusion, while good wireless security is a worthy goal and extra vigilance is justified when joining an open network, at the end of the day if you want data to remain confidential during transmission you should always endeavour to use end-to-end encryption with a verifiable remote host.

That applies whether your end of the network is wired or wireless.

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