Wireless security study guide: mediocre at best [book review]

This article is a review of the book 'CWSP Certified Wireless Security Professional Official Study Guide (Exam PWO-200)' By Planet3 Wireless published by McGraw-Hill/Osbome, 2003. The book covers a wide range of topics including: local area networks and wireless LAN auditing tools; target profiling; war chalking; social engineering; unauthorized access on wireless LANs; radio frequency jamming; data flooding; wireless client hijacking; US federal regulations regarding information security; corporate policy writing and security best practices; encryption schemes; authentication; virtual private networking; gateway devices; intrusion detection systems; authenticated Domain Name Systems; thin clients; Kerberos; Radius; the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and biometrics. The book's goal is to prepare the reader for a certification exam, the reviewer feels the book has little benefit beyond this.