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Bush administration declare wireless networks major security risk for government users: And you know what? They're right. It may be overstating it to make wireless networking the specific target, as security over all networks and all access (dial-up, wired, home, wireless, etc.) needs to be locked down, but wireless networks are specifically easy to start up without oversight and tap into. The Wired News article has a good balance of views from industry players and security experts.
The View from Lisbon: Alan Reiter posts the notes of WiFinder's Oren Michels in this report from the IIR Wireless LAN conference in Lisbon. Alan has covering the worldview of WLAN in great details in the last several weeks.