New Way to ID Invisible Intruders on Wireless LANs

Bergkamp10 writes "Australia's University of Technology in Queensland has created a groundbreaking new system that can detect invisible intruders on wireless LANs. Wireless networks have been almost impossible to thoroughly secure as they possess no clearly defined boundaries, instead they are defined by the quality and strength of the receiving antenna. QUT Information Security Institute researcher Dr Jason Smith has invented a new system to detect eavesdropping on unencrypted networks or active hijackings of computer sessions when a legitimate user who is logged onto the network leaves the connection. Smith has created a series of monitoring techniques that when used together can detect both attackers and configuration mistakes in network devices."

Damn

[FredDC]

What? No, but this means that I[NO CARRIER]

Nothing to see here, move along

[Anonymous Coward]

"Depending on how sensitive the network is, armed security guards could be deployed [...]"

And they would shoot the guy with the laptop in the lobby? Whoops, wrong guy. It was the other guy in the lobby. Nope, it was the woman in the parking lot. Wait, no, it was an anomoly.

Sounds more like a weak attempt at a research project.