I would think WPA2 plus denying all MAC addresses except those that you specifically allow on the router (The MACs of the Tablets) would do the trick?
I also recently heard about Packet Fence: http://www.packetfence.org/home.html which would work but it may be a bit of overkill. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Rich Gilson <[email protected]> wrote: > From my experience, it's not so much a matter of consume grade hardware, > it's a matter of how they do the encryption and authentication. > > What I would recommend would be a mixture of activating TCP/IP packet > encryption on all traffic on the network (wired and wireless) as well as > implementing a certificate-based authentication server where you can only > get authenticated to the network if you have a valid certificate file. > > It's been a while since I've looked at this stuff, but maybe this is useful > as a starting point. > > Rich Gilson > > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Simón Ruiz <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey, I was asked a question by my father-in-law about what sort of >> hardware he might use to connect WiFi tablets to their medical >> office's system specifically to interact with their EMR software, >> which means legally sensitive information would need to be transmitted >> wirelessly. >> >> Does anyone have experience with the practical/legal implications? >> >> What level of security, or what type of security scheme, would be >> appropriate for this type of use-case? >> >> I understand it's dead easy to crack WEP encryption, and not too hard >> to crack WPA, so most consumer level devices would be dangerous to try >> to use, right? >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Simón >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> >> This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep >> this in mind before posting. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org > > This is a public list and all posts are archived publicly. Please keep this > in mind before posting. > >
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