This document discusses wireless communication security. It begins by defining wireless communication and noting some advantages and disadvantages, including security issues. It then discusses the general characteristics of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and provides an overview of wireless communication systems. The document outlines some common security threats in wireless networks like unauthorized disclosure, data modification, network disruption, and repudiation. It also describes different types of wireless attacks and security goals in wireless networks to provide authentication, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, and availability. Symmetric and asymmetric encryption techniques are introduced as methods for encrypting data in wireless networks.
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