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New flaw takes WiFi off the air
Patrick Gray, SecurityFocus 2004-05-13

A newly-discovered vulnerability in the 802.11 wireless standard allows attackers to jam wireless networks within a radius of one kilometre using off-the-shelf equipment.

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New flaw takes WiFi off the air 2004-05-18
Mark Osborne
Most good security bods know of the risk of DOS in 802.11 - Most will have used Wl*jack, F*jack or Voi* to demonstrate it (one of my mates uses his sons video sender to jam 802.11b in workshops). Despite this, we are still seeing 802.11 impementations in mission (even life) critical situations - wit...

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