The Limits on Wireless Security: 802.11 in early 2002

As argued here, wireless networks are inherently less secure than wired networks. However, that does not mean that they are too insecure to be usable. In the wireless world, the range goes from public community networks designed to be accessed by everybody to military networks where lives can be lost if they are compromised. The greater vulnerability of wireless networks does mean that their security problems should be regarded differently, as networks that require measures in addition to those taken for their wired co...