JANET Wireless Technology Advisory Service
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The Wireless Technology Advisory Service (WTAS) provides free advice and guidance to organisations on all aspects of wireless technologies - eg. selection, implementation, security, best practice. A wide range of information is published on this web site, including technology guides, and case studies - see the menu links above.
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Advisory News:Cisco Security Advisory (19/10/2007): Cisco have released an advisory warning of a DoS vulnerability on some of their EAP authenticators, see: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20071019-eap.shtml According to the advisory, the following products are vulnerable if they have an EAP authenticator enabled: - Access Points and 1310 Wireless Bridges running Cisco IOS in autonomous mode - All Cisco switches running affected versions of Cisco IOS - All Cisco switches running affected versions of Cisco CatOS A firmware upgrade seems to be the recommended solution. According to the advisory, the following are NOT vulnerable: Access Points - Access Points running VxWorks (Cisco 1000s) - Lightweight Access Point (LAP) in local mode - Lightweight Access Point (LAP) in H-/REAP mode - 1310 Wireless Bridge operating in LWAPP mode - 1410 Wireless Bridge. # Wireless LAN Controllers - Cisco Airespace 3500 Series WLAN Controller - Cisco Airespace 4000 Series Wireless LAN Controller - Cisco 2000 series wireless LAN controllers - Cisco 2100 Series Wireless LAN Controllers - Cisco 4100 Series Wireless LAN Controllers - Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers - Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Module (NM-AIR-WLC6-K9) - Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Integrated WLC - Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series WiSM Wireless Integrated Routers (Wireless Access Point - Wireless EAP and Wired EAP) - Cisco 800 Series Routers - Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers - Cisco 2800 Series Integrated Services Routers - Cisco 3200 Series Wireless and Mobile Routers - Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers Mobile Wireless - Cisco 521 Wireless Express Access Point (both as Autonomous AP and LWAPP) - Cisco 526 Wireless Express Mobility Controller |
To make an enquiry, in the first instance you should either:
- contact JANET Service Desk and ask for JANET WTAS,
- e-mail: service @ja.net citing JANET WTAS, or
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Advice to the JANET community is provided free of charge. We make best endeavours to provide accurate, impartial and unbiased advice, however any information provided regarding specific products should be checked with the relevant suppliers and any cost indications are estimates only - binding quotations should be sought from the appropriate supplier.
Factsheets:
- WEP, WPA or Other? (pdf) - a short factsheet detailing the vulnerabilities in WEP and explaining why we recommend that WEP is not utilised.
- Rogue Wireless Suppression (pdf) - what are the potential problems (and legal implications) of automating rogue access point disabling techniques?
- Guest and Public Network Access (pdf) - highlights the difference between guests (those with legitimate education-related reasons to be on your site) and the public (people who might be on your campus only coincidentally, using rights of way or visiting museums, cafes etc.), and explores the practical and legal implications of offering network access to these groups.
Presentations from future events relating to the WTAS will be linked here.
Proceedings of the JANET Technology Briefing Event October 25 2007
JANET wireless technology discussion e-mail list
- A JISCmail wireless-admin @wireless-admin.ac.uk open public mailing list has been set up for the community to discuss wireless issues. Interested parties are invited to join.
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