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Post: Security != encryption

Bruno Girin

Security != encryption 

In London consumers trounce corporates in wireless security

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Encryption is one aspect of security. Is a Wifi router with WEP that only accepts connections from know MAC addresses less secure that a router that uses WPA but accepts connections from any computer? And what about routers that don't advertise their ESSID? Where they included in the survey? And what about firewalls?

Lies, damn lies and statistics...

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