PIRATE WIRELESS NETWORKS.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , pirate wireless networks are eavesdropping Secretly gaining unauthorized access to confidential communications. Examples include listening to radio transmissions or using laser interferometers to reconstitute conversations by reflecting laser beams off windows that are vibrating in synchrony to the sound in the room. on data and passwords that cross the backbone of any centralized Internet network. With 127 million adults in the United States using the Internet, pirate wireless networks pose an increased security threat. These networks are usually cobbled cob·ble 1 n. 1. A cobblestone. 2. Geology A rock fragment between 64 and 256 millimeters in diameter, especially one that has been naturally rounded. 3. cobbles See cob coal. tr. together from components that employees have available to them in IT departments. To achieve the insidious practice of tapping into secure data, wireless pirates need only to dial into the wireless network and then intercept or eavesdrop eaves·drop intr.v. eaves·dropped, eaves·drop·ping, eaves·drops To listen secretly to the private conversation of others. on backbone activity on a traditional Internet network of servers and desktops. Gartner advises IT users and vendors to thwart pirate wireless network activity by changing security codes on the network; isolating the path by which wireless users access your network; support departmental wireless networks; implement Media Access Control (MAC) address tracking to control network security; and monitor access logs. Access logs point to source addresses and make it easier to identify attempts to penetrate network log-in security. |
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