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Written for system administrators, this book focuses on penetration testing of 802.11-based wireless networks to identify weaknesses, and recommends what needs to be done to stop a determined hacker from taking over a network. The authors, who work for Arhont in Britain, describe mutually authenticated IPSec implementations, authentication methods alternative to 802.1x, proper network design, positioning and secure gateway deployment, protocol filtering, SSL/TLS use, ssh port forwarding, and intrusion detection systems. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR The authors have been active participants in the IT security community for many years and are security testers for leading wireless equipment vendors. Andrew A. Vladimirov leads the wireless consultancy division at Arhont Ltd, one of the UK¿s leading security consultants. He was one of the UK¿s first IT professionals to obtain the coveted CWNA wireless certification. Konstantin V. Gavrilenko co-founded Arhont Ltd. He has more than 12 years of IT and security experience, and his expertise includes wireless security, fire-walls, cryptography, VPNs, and IDS. Andrei A. Mikhailovsky has more than a decade of networking and security experience and has contributed extensively to Arhont¿s security research papers. Tags: foo |
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