[luau] IBM Debuts First Self-Diagnostic Wireless Security Tool on Linux

[Elizabeth Long]

HAWTHORNE, N.Y., June 17, 2002 -- IBM Research has demonstrated
the industry's first self- diagnostic tool that can automatically
monitor 802.11 wireless networks and report security problems
in real-time. The Distributed Wireless Security Auditor (DWSA),
which runs on desktop and laptop computers, can monitor wireless
network security and report to the central back-end servers minute
by minute, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

IBM researchers introduced its first version, the Wireless Security
Auditor (WSA) last summer, which runs on a small wireless PDA
running Linux. IBM Global Services quickly developed a specific
services offering that deploys software tools, including the
WSA, to help customers safeguard and perform risk assessments
of their wireless networks. Researchers have now extended the
tool, making it more autonomic by adding self-sensor and self-diagnosis
features. Running as a lightweight process on wireless clients
in an enterprise, DWSA can quickly report wireless infrastructure
security issues to system administrators. 


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