Wireless security study guide: mediocre at best [book review]

Author

Gilbert, Austin

Author_Institution

Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA

Volume

6

Issue

11

fYear

2005

fDate

6/27/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

This article is a review of the book ´CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide (Exam PWO-200)´ By Planet3 Wireless published by McGraw-Hill/Osbome, 2003. The book covers a wide range of topics including: local area networks and wireless LAN auditing tools; target profiling; war chalking; social engineering; unauthorized access on wireless LANs; radio frequency jamming; data flooding; wireless client hijacking; US federal regulations regarding information security; corporate policy writing and security best practices; encryption schemes; authentication; virtual private networking; gateway devices; intrusion detection systems; authenticated Domain Name Systems; thin clients; Kerberos; Radius; the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and biometrics. The book´s goal is to prepare the reader for a certification exam, the reviewer feels the book has little benefit beyond this.

Keywords

security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide; Kerberos; Lightweight Directory Access Protocol; Radius; US federal regulations; authenticated Domain Name Systems; authentication mechanisms; biometrics; certification exam; corporate policy writing; data flooding; encryption schemes; gateway devices; information security; intrusion detection systems; local area networks; network segmentation; radio frequency jamming; security best practices; social engineering; target profiling; thin clients; unauthorized access; virtual private networking; war chalking; wireless LAN auditing tools; wireless client hijacking; wireless-network security; Books; Communication system security; Data engineering; Data security; Information security; Jamming; Local area networks; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN; Writing; CWSP; book review; wireless security;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Distributed Systems Online, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1541-4922

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MDSO.2005.60

Filename

1563976