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When looking at a distributed application over a wireless network, there
are several communication layers involved: the network layers and the
application layers.

The most common implementations of wireless network layers (such as GSM
cellular teleophony or Wireless networking 802.11x) provide their
own security mechanisms.
This is completely seperate from the application layer security
("end-to-end") that an application still has to provide.

To implement end-to-end security (authentication, encrypted sockets,
etc), Java PROVIDES SECURITY MECHANISMS. Look for the java.security
packages, which are available for desktop Java (J2SE), as well as some
configurations for embedded Java (J2ME:CDC:Foundation Profile).
If you are interested in even smaller embedded devices (cell phones),
you need to look into J2ME:CLDC:Mobile Information Device Profile
(version 2); all of them can be found on the java.sun.com pages: either
under products and documentation or by looking for the corresponding JSRs.

Of course, all those security packages just help you to implement
security, it is still up to the designer of the application to architect
it to be secure in the first place.


ASHISH GODBOLE wrote:
> I would like to get an experts opinion on how seure is wireless technology and
> if java technology helps in making it secure ?
> -Ash
>
>
> Tom Enderes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Why don't you give us an idea of what your research topic is?
>
> ASHISH GODBOLE wrote:
>
>>HI, I would like to discuss my research topic with an expert in wireless
>
> java
>
>>technology.
>>please let me know soon.
>>-Ash
>>
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