802.11 Security
By default, security on 802.11 WLAN NICs and access points is turned off, making external attacks trivial
WLAN vendors offer Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), but this is weak and easily broken.
The 802.11 Working Group is working on a temporary replacement (TKIP) and longer-term security replacement, 802.11i
Even if corporate access points can be secured, many departments create unauthorized rogue access points that are seldom secured.