International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies and Innovative Technologies

Yazarlar: Ahmet EFE, Mesrure Betül KAPLAN

Konular:Mühendislik

Anahtar Kelimeler:Wireless Fidelity,WLAN,IEEE e-government security

Özet: As a sub-branch of Radio Frequency (RF) technology, the Wi-Fi and its area of usage has evolved over time and become pervasive for availability of all e-government applications and services. Computers and many other devices, including smart phones and PDAs, can connect to the internet wirelessly using Wi-Fi. Also, wireless networks are desirable to many organizations because they increase workforce flexibility and save cabling costs. Wi-Fi is considered as the main internet connection for home, small corporate and local government internal networks, while for central government and mid and big size companies it is a complementary and parallel to cabled internet. As the war-driving has become one of the major threats to Wi-Fi users, free-to-serve and open-to-public Wi-Fi poses another threat to hackers and lamer as they can hide themselves to catch their internet traffic and credentials. That is why; the Wi-Fi and its security become important and popular concepts in the knowledge era and technological era. For all various users that range from experts who work at computer science or information technology, to novices who use the Internet; this paper describes the fundamental Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi security issues to establish a greater awareness.

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