Sifry’s Alerts

IBM made a press release today about their new 802.11 wireless security tool. It runs on Linux
on desktops and laptops, can accurately pinpoint the location of any
rogue access points by triangulation from 3 or more signals from
machines running their software. The wireless security tool was
developed in collaboration with the IBM Personal Computing Division,
which is investigating the potential of including it on future ThinkPad
models. ThinkPads are already equipped with built-in 802.11b wireless
networking capability.

More information is available.

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