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Featuring 63 papers as of Sep 8, 2008

Programming Wireless Security: Robin Wood; June 18, 2008; - download paper

802.11 Denial of Service Attacks and Mitigation: Stuart Compton; February 20, 2008; - download paper

Detecting and Preventing Rogue Devices on the Network: Ibrahim Halil Saruhan; August 13, 2007; - download paper

A Survey of Wireless Mesh Networking Security Technology and Threats: Anthony Gerkis; October 18, 2006; - download paper

Implementing a Secure Wireless Network for a Windows Environment: Dan Thompson; May 17, 2005; - download paper

Security Vulnerabilities and Wireless LAN Technology: Heather Lane; May 17, 2005; - download paper

An Overview of the Wireless Intrusion Detection System: Oliver Poblete; May 5, 2005; - download paper

Consideraciones para la implementacion de 802.1x en WLAN's: Juan Chamorro; May 5, 2005; - download paper

Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems: Ken Hutchison; January 28, 2005; - download paper

An Overview of 802.11 Wireless Network Security Standards & Mechanisms: Luis Wong; January 19, 2005; - download paper

802.11i (How we got here and where are we headed): Elio Perez; September 16, 2004; - download paper

Enterprise 802.11 Security Considerations and Vendor Solutions: Jon Green; August 25, 2004; - download paper

Wireless security beyond WEP and WPA.: Eric Peeters; July 25, 2004; - download paper

Securing Your Wireless Access Point: What Do All Those Settings Mean Anyways?: Joe Scolamiero; June 9, 2004; - download paper

Corporate Wireless LAN: Know the Risks and Best Practices to Mitigate them: Danny Neoh; March 25, 2004; - download paper

How Things Work: WLAN Technologies and Security Mechanisms: Anna Kagan; January 11, 2004; - download paper

Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Security: Stephan Kostyk; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Personal Area Networks - How Personal are They?: Virgil Hovar; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Layers One &Two of 802.11 WLAN Security: Jorgen Ellingson; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Networks: Panacea or the Next Hacker's Playground?: Lee Elmendorf; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Computing - A Technological Breakthrough Laden with Risk?: Evan Uwakwe; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Mobile Medicine: Beau Fidler; October 31, 2003; - download paper

The Internet in the Palm of Your Hand: Ronald Buchanan; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP): "What is it all about....How does it work": Dwayne D. Paro; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Is Your Wireless Network Secure?: Ken Hodges; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security and the 802.11b Wireless LAN: Sean Griffin; October 31, 2003; - download paper

IEEE 802.11b Wireless LAN: Security Risks: Eng Tiong Ow; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Networking: Compromising Security for Convenience?: Kimberly A. Buck; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Cisco's Aironet 350 - An Enterprise-Level Wireless Security Solution: Robert Sprague; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Elements of Wireless Security: Gregory A. McGill; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Isolating and Securing Wireless LANs: Chad Hurley; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Implementation of a Secure Wireless Network on a University Campus: Greg Redder; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security in Wireless Networks: Robert E. Mahan; October 31, 2003; - download paper

The Security Mechanism for IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks: Alicia Laing; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Application Protocol 2.0 Security: Tamzin Jeffs; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security Aspects of Mobile IP: Dale Conn; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Free-Space Optics: A Viable, Secure Last-Mile Solution?: Mark Steege; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Networking Security: As Part of Your Perimeter Defense Strategy: Daniel Owen; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless LANs and 802.1x: Daryl Stargel; October 31, 2003; - download paper

The Limits on Wireless Security: 802.11 in early 2002: James Voorhees; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security Along the Path Through GPRS Towards 3G Mobile Telephone Network Data Services: Dung Chang; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Securing A Mobile Telecommunications Network From Internal Fraud: Nathan Kurtz; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Penetration Testing on 802.11b Networks: Benjamin Huey; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Perils and Fixes for 802.11 WLANs in SOHOs: Allan Moluf; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Defence In Depth: Preventing Going Hairless Over Wireless: Jonathon Berry; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Bluetooth: The Global Technology?: Howard Johnson; October 31, 2003; - download paper

802.11, 802.1x, and Wireless Security: Philip Craiger; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Networks: Security Problems and Solutions: Jonathan Weiss; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Scouts Out! - Protecting the Army's Wireless Networks and its impact on Corporate Wireless Co: Jim Mussulman; October 31, 2003; - download paper

A Guide to Wardriving and Detecting Wardrivers: Andrew Etter; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless is not the Problem: Jack J. Couch; October 31, 2003; - download paper

How to Avoid Ethical and Legal Issues In Wireless Network Discovery: Erik Montcalm; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Identifying the risk involved in allowing wireless, portable devices into your company: Claire McDonough; October 31, 2003; - download paper

An Overview Of Wireless Security Issues: Kevin Tyrrell; October 31, 2003; - download paper

State of Affairs of Wireless Networks: Rakesh Arora; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Bluetooth And Its Inherent Security Issues: Tu Niem; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless LAN: Security Issues and Solutions: Rafidah Abdul Hamid; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless LAN Security Defense In Depth: Wan Roshaimi Wan Abdullah; October 31, 2003; - download paper

The evolution of wireless security in 802.11 networks: WEP, WPA and 802.11 standards: Stanley Wong; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Wireless Security and Monitoring for the Home Network: Raymond Turner; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Brush up on Bluetooth: Jeffrey Hall; October 31, 2003; - download paper

An In-depth Look at Wireless WAN Security: Cellular Digital Packet Data Networks and their Security Issues: Farid Hatefi; October 31, 2003; - download paper

Security Guidelines for Wireless LAN Implementation: KengHoe Lim; October 31, 2003; - download paper

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