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    Authentication service security is important for mobile devices connected to wireless networks due to various attacks. Security measures include using WAPs, VPNs, MAC address filtering and 802.xx standards. Cryptographic addresses and public key infrastructure provide encryption for mobile transactions and data. LDAP allows easy location and revocation of access for devices on a network. Personal firewalls can protect mobile devices connecting remotely via RAS or directly to the internet. The security of networking APIs is also important as mobile apps conduct online payments and use web services.

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    Authentication Service Security

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    Authentication service security is important for mobile devices connected to wireless networks due to various attacks. Security measures include using WAPs, VPNs, MAC address filtering and 802.xx standards. Cryptographic addresses and public key infrastructure provide encryption for mobile transactions and data. LDAP allows easy location and revocation of access for devices on a network. Personal firewalls can protect mobile devices connecting remotely via RAS or directly to the internet. The security of networking APIs is also important as mobile apps conduct online payments and use web services.

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    Authentication service security is important for mobile devices connected to wireless networks due to various attacks. Security measures include using WAPs, VPNs, MAC address filtering and 802.xx standards. Cryptographic addresses and public key infrastructure provide encryption for mobile transactions and data. LDAP allows easy location and revocation of access for devices on a network. Personal firewalls can protect mobile devices connecting remotely via RAS or directly to the internet. The security of networking APIs is also important as mobile apps conduct online payments and use web services.

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    Authentication Service Security

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    Authentication service security is important for mobile devices connected to wireless networks due to various attacks. Security measures include using WAPs, VPNs, MAC address filtering and 802.xx standards. Cryptographic addresses and public key infrastructure provide encryption for mobile transactions and data. LDAP allows easy location and revocation of access for devices on a network. Personal firewalls can protect mobile devices connecting remotely via RAS or directly to the internet. The security of networking APIs is also important as mobile apps conduct online payments and use web services.

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    Authentication service security

    There are two components of security in mobile computing – security of devices and security of
    networks. A secure network ensures that only authenticated devices can be connected to the
    network for obtaining the requested services. Some eminent kind of attacks to which mobile
    devices are subjected to are: push attacks, pull attacks and crash attacks.
    Authentication service security is important given the typical attacks on mobile devices through the
    wireless networks: denial of service (DoS) attacks, traffic analysis, eavesdropping, man-in-the-
    middle attacks and session hijacking. Security measures in this scenario come from Wireless
    Application Protocols (WAPs), use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Media Access Control
    (MAC) address filtering and development in 802.xx standards.

     Cryptographic security for Mobile Devices: Cryptographically Generated Addresses


    (CGA) is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) that addresses up to 64 address bits that are
    generated by hashing owner's public-key address. The address the owner uses is the
    corresponding private key to assert address ownership and to sign messages sent from the
    address without a public-key infrastructure (PKI) or other security infrastructure.
    Deployment of PKI provides many benefits for users to secure their financial transactions
    initiated from mobile devices.

    The CPM (Cryptographic Provider Manager) provides encryption services to any application
    allowing the encryption of only selected data or of all data and resources on the device.

     LDAP Security for Handheld Computing Devices: LDAP is a software protocol for
    enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals and other resources such as files and
    devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate Intranet. In a network
    a directory tells you where in the network the entity is located. LDAP is a lightweight version
    of Directory Access Protocol (DAP). LDAP makes revoking permissions quick and easy so
    unwanted systems on the network can be kicked out efficiently.

     RAS Security for Mobile Devices: RAS (Remote Access Server) is an important
    consideration for protecting the business-sensitive data that may reside on the employee’s
    mobile devices. In addition to being vulnerable to unauthorized access on their own, mobile
    devices also provide a route into the systems with which they connect. A personal firewall
    on a pocket PC or smart phone device can be effective protective screen against threat
    from port scanning and other attacks, for the users connecting through a direct internet or
    RAS connection.

     Networking API security for Mobile Computing Applications: With the advent of
    electronic commerce and its further off-shoot into m-commerce, online payments are
    becoming popular with payment gateways accessed remotely and possibly wirelessly.
    Further, with the advent of web services and their use in mobile computing applications, the
    API becomes an important consideration.

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