Recommendations for Hotspot managment software...

[Bill McGonigle]

As Chris mentioned, NoCat is a good application.  m0n0wall makes it 
easy to setup, and DD-WRT for WRT54G has it as well.  Both support 
RADIUS for authentication.

But to be up front, it has bugs in it that can be exploited.  And so 
far all the wireless security schemes are being cracked on a regular 
basis (WPA2 might be OK).  HIPAA doesn't preclude the use of software, 
so that's not the major hangup.  Medical devices which have no 
shielding requirements (particularly respirators) are probably more of 
a concern for Wireless than the software security aspects.

-Bill

On Jun 18, 2006, at 20:53, hewitt_tech wrote:

> I have a client for whom I want to setup a public hotspot. They are a 
> medical facility so security is of paramount importance. By security I 
> mean the hotspot can in no way interfere or allow access to their 
> medical applications. So far the best looking application is something 
> called Public IP ZoneCD which can be found on Sourceforge and the 
> project web site at http://www.publicip.net/ . Has anyone used this 
> software or otherwise have a recommendation for software that can be 
> used to manage a hotspot?
>
> -Alex
>

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