China has adopted WAPI as its national wireless access standard in 2003, instead of 802.11i, which lead to furious debate at that time. 3 years passed. According to a report by Xinhua agency, the largest mobile operator in China – China Mobile has conducted a security testing to 802.11i and found security vulnerabilities in it.
Test results to date show that the current WLAN technology 802.11i has big security loopholes and is easy to attack, said Ma Benteng, senior engineer with China Mobile.
The Beijing Olympics will be the first to use WLAN in the Games’ history. Journalists would be major users of the networks.
At a meeting held by China Mobile recently, media users were skeptical about the safety of the current WLAN technology.
Results from more than a month of tests carried out by the national safety research center on information project show that 802.11i has serious technological defects and safety risks, said Ma, who is in charge of mobile planning for the 2008 Olympics.
Researchers said that articles on the technological defects of 802.11i were freely available on the internet, as well as tools for exploiting the defects. The internet also provides methods for decoding the technology.
Anybody who can connect to the Internet could download the software and steal private information from others, said Ma.
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