"Security of Wireless Networks"
David Wagner, University of California Berkeley
April 29, 2002
Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC

David Wagner is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of California at Berkeley. He and his Berkeley colleagues are known for discovering a wide variety of security vulnerabilities in various cellphone standards, 802.11 wireless networks, and other widely deployed systems. In addition, David was a co-designer of one of the Advanced Encryption Standard candidates, and he remains active in the areas of systems security, cryptography, and privacy.

Security of Wireless Networks

Wireless and cellular networks are used by tens of millions of people around the world, but how secure are they? In this technical talk, I will discuss security issues associated with 802.11 wireless networks, presenting the history, outlining risks and challenges for wireless security, and presenting recent research results and future directions. If time permits, I will also briefly survey material on the security of the cellphone infrastructure, covering fraud, privacy, and other issues.

PDF slides from the presentation are available here.