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hotspot that you're not really familiar with," says Schiller. If you restrict your<br />

public surfing to Web pages you don't mind a stranger reading along with you,<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is little an evil twin attacker can do to harm yoU.,,176<br />

I recommend that you embark on <strong>the</strong> installation of a home wireless network with<br />

trepidation and care. Two good starting places for learning more about secure<br />

wireless networking are Tony Bradley's "Introduction to Wireless Network Security"<br />

and Brian Livingston's "Wi-Finally: Wireless Security That Actually Works."<br />

Introduction to Wireless Network Security<br />

http://netsecurity.about.com/od/hackertools/a/aa072004b.htm<br />

Brian Livingston, "Wi-Finally: Wireless Security That Actually Works"<br />

http://www.windowssecrets.com/comp/050526/ - story1<br />

"Law #10: Technology is not a panacea. ,,177<br />

~Web Tip<br />

Virtually all Microsoft products come with all<br />

<strong>the</strong> doors open and unlocked, figuratively<br />

speaking. You must take upon yourself to find<br />

<strong>the</strong> open doors, shut <strong>the</strong>m, and lock <strong>the</strong>m<br />

tight.<br />

176 Erin Biba, "Does Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Have an Evil Twin? Identity thieves are going wireless in <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

quest to steal your personal info," Medill News Service, PCWorld, 15 March 2005,<br />

(16 January 2007).<br />

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