Why do network security problems persist? While wireless network security issues continue to make current headlines, attention has been drawn away from the fact that wired networks are often affected by many of the same weaknesses. As a result, our vulnerability to network eavesdropping continues, despite growing investment in security measures. Eavesdropping attacks are insidious, because it's difficult to know they are occurring. Once connected to a network, users may unwittingly feed sensitive information - passwords, account numbers, surfing habits, content of email messages - to an attacker, writes Tom King, applications and security manager at 3i.
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