Complete Source for Network Security

Wireless network transmission was considered a boon. Journalist and media personnel were the first to latch on to the technology as the editing could be done immediately and sent via internet. The ease of wireless connectivity though advantageous was soon to become a problem as TCP/IP did not have authentication and encryption for transfer of confidential information.

The much touted Wi-Fi the next generation of internet connectivity did not take off. Instead it got bogged down with issues of security mainly in the application layer protocols. The flaws in POP, FTP , HTTP were there but eavesdropping on a wired network was more difficult when compared to a wireless network.

Most of the data on the internet was sent in plain text. Wireless network security was under threat with wireless network sniffer and ip port scanners.
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