( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Oct 12 2005
So far I am on Chapter 8. I have a home wireless network and wanted to learn more about the vulnerabilities of 802.1X. It seems like an easy read and doesn't go too technical but a good reference and a beginners "what you need to know" book. Overall it needs more beef on the technical end of this books from software to hardware.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jun 26 2005
The dated nature of the book is unavoidable without a reprint. However even in 2003 people knew better than to allow the errors this book contains. I found 23 different pages with serious errors. These errors could cause a novice to mis-configure their system or purchase inadequate hardware. More disappointing than the author's performance is the editors' poor performance. McGraw-Hill should be embarrassed by their involvement in this piece of work. The author is quite fond of "due to the fact that" and other flagrant poor usage. Additionally a good technical review would have caught the poor organization and inconsistencies of the book.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: May 26 2005
This book served as the text for a graduate-level Wireless Network Security class. As such it was too elementary, and far too dated - one paragraph on 802.11i, none on WPA or WPA2. I got through the course thanks to Google, IEEE's website, and the Planet3 CWNA and CWSP books.
