A secure wireless LAN hotspot for anonymous users

Topics:: Local Area Networks (LAN),; Wireless LAN

Tags:: George Ou,; HotSpot,; LANs,; Networking,; Wi-Fi,; Wireless,; Wireless LANs,; WLAN

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Overview: As ubiquitous and convenient as the wireless LAN hotspot is, it's probably the single most dangerous technology available to the mobile computer user. George Ou explains how you can set up a secure wireless LAN hotspot for an anonymous user using a single generic and common username and password that anyone can remember.

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