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Local area networks, wide area networks, Internet, wireless networks, technologies, theory, management and planning of networks.

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This plain English guide to the 802.11b wireless networking standard teaches readers how to use wireless networks at home, work, or in their neighborhood. Included is detailed, practical information on access points, network interface cards, cables and antennas, and wireless software. Readers will learn how to protect their wireless access point from unwanted intruders with encryption, password protection, and virtual private networks (VPNs), as well as how to configure wireless connections for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Unix, and PDAs.
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This first-of-its-kind book, from expert authors actively contributing to the evolution of Bluetooth specifications, provides an overview and detailed descriptions of all the security functions and features of this standard’s latest core release. After categorizing all the security issues involved in ad hoc networking, this hands-on volume shows you how to design a highly secure Bluetooth system and implement security enhancements. The book also helps you fully understand the main security risks involved with introducing Bluetooth-based communications in your organization.
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The Internet is connecting enterprises into a global economy. Companies are exposing their directories, or a part of their directories, to customers, business partners, the Internet as a whole, and to potential "hackers." If the directory structure is compromised, then the whole enterprise can be at risk. Security of this information is of utmost importance.This book provides examples and implementation guidelines on building secure and structured enterprise directories. The authors have worked with corporations around the world to help them design and manage enterprise directories that operate efficiently and guard against outside intrusion. These experts provide the reader with "best practices" on directory architecture, implementation, a... Rest of this review on the detail page
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I was disappointed in the first few chapters. The topics were important, but the content was quite simplistic, and didn't even address the level of knowledge that managers would need to have. Slone's own article on the World Wide Web started to change my opinion: it was a good, basic backgrounder, although not really addressing the newest technology. The individual articles vary greatly in quality and usefulness. None are really very technical, although the best are technically informed. The primary audience appears to be technical or telecommunications management, rather than staff. Ordering and division of the individual pieces is not very clear. The two Frame Relay articles are in separate sections. (One is not much more than yo... Rest of this review on the detail page
(Review by Rob Slade)
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