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Ethernet and WiFi and Bluetooth, oh my!: Customers have long requested a way to configure a computer to automatically disable its wireless NIC when its Ethernet is in use. Many third-party utilities can do this for you, but neither XP nor Vista have a built-in way to accomplish this, nor will Read More...
Posted 15 October 08 02:16 by Steve Riley | 19 Comments
Filed under wireless, configuration, networking, group policy, Windows 7
[OT rant] Are there any home WiFi routers that DON'T SUCK?: Warning: rant ahead, and names named. When I'm not traveling, I like to work from home some days rather than endure the trek from Seattle to Redmond (although it's much better now that our own employee transit service has expanded into my neighborhood Read More...
Posted 22 August 08 05:12 by Steve Riley | 25 Comments
Filed under things that make me angry, wireless, networking
Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs: Do you ever wonder sometimes how it is that some ideas just won't die? Like the thought that not broadcasting your wireless network's SSID will somehow make you more secure? This is a myth that needs to be forcibly dragged out behind the woodshed, strangled Read More...
Posted 16 October 07 12:08 by Steve Riley | 25 Comments
Filed under false claims, authentication, security myths, wireless, networking, encryption
What motivates a journalist?: OK, I have to unload a burden here. I often interact with the tech press in various places throughout the world. I've had wonderful, productive meetings with many fine journalists. New Zealand and Malaysia particularly stand out in my memory. However, Read More...
Posted 18 January 06 03:52 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under false claims, the trade press, things that make me angry, wireless
How to secure your wireless network: I'm now a contributing editor for TechNet Magazine . Everyone with a TechNet subscription automatically receives it; if you don't have one, you can still get the magazine free . The magazine's published three issues so far: Winter 2005 , Spring 2005 , Read More...
Posted 11 November 05 11:43 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under authentication, access technologies, threats, protection, wireless
August article: 802.1X on wired networks considered harmful: Several months ago I learned from Svyatoslav Pidgorny, Microsoft MVP for security, about a problem in 802.1X that makes it essentially useless for protecting wired networks from rogue machines. Initially I was a bit skeptical, but the attack he described Read More...
Posted 11 August 05 10:55 by Steve Riley | 16 Comments
Filed under NAP, authentication, access technologies, risk mitigation, threats, protection, security science, wireless