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Wireless Keyboards, The Freedom That Comes With It
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James Jimy
 
By James Jimy
Published on 07/2/2007
 
Wireless keyboards and pointing devices are not uncommon, and they're far less brick-like than they were in the early days. One thing to keep in mind, however -- if you allow your organization to begin to heavily use bluetooth for things like wireless keyboards,it's going to be an interesting day when someone at BlackHat releases a firmware modification that allows us to capture similar bluetooth traffic. With most wireless keyboards, the transmitter sends a character and you just kind of hope that the computer receives it. For added security, Wireless Computing's long-range wireless keyboards are designed with two-way radio frequency (RF) at a 100ft range. And to compliment these wireless keyboards, the RF160 optical mouse give you even more freedom.
Wireless

Wireless keyboards and pointing devices are not uncommon, and they're far less brick-like than they were in the early days. One thing to keep in mind, however -- if you allow your organization to begin to heavily use bluetooth for things like wireless keyboards,it's going to be an interesting day when someone at BlackHat releases a firmware modification that allows us to capture similar bluetooth traffic. With most wireless keyboards, the transmitter sends a character and you just kind of hope that the computer receives it. For added security, Wireless Computing's long-range wireless keyboards are designed with two-way radio frequency (RF) at a 100ft range. And to compliment these wireless keyboards, the RF160 optical mouse give you even more freedom.

Wireless

A wireless keyboard can be a convenient productivity tool, especially for those with special space and/or portability constraints. Due to the nature of wireless, all keystrokes typed on such a device are available to be "sniffed" from the air, over considerable distances, using relatively simple tools. For these reasons, doIT does not typically approve the purchase of wireless keyboards. But steady progress is being made, and the market for wireless widgets of all shapes and sizes is growing, slowly but surely.

Keyboard

The keyboard can be used up to a distance of 32 meters (about 100 feet) from the computer. One just needs a special (software) keyboard thati s able to connect to the hid server. The chunkier black version doesn't have an official designation on the Globlink site, but Aus PC Market (through whom Australian and New Zealand buyers can acquire these gadgets), call it the "Multimedia" model, due to the larger collection of extra function keys above the keyboard itself. The silver keyboard is the "Slimline" wireless model. There are also buttons to launch Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but these don't work unless you install the moderately hideous supporting software that come with the keyboards. Both keyboards power their trackballs down after a period of inactivity to save the batteries, and you have to pressed the ball inward to wake it up.

Home Wireless Keyboards news, suppliers, web content and blogs brought together in one zone. While the doIT is sensitive to the flexibility and overall usefulness of wireless keyboards. One thing to keep in mind, however -- if you allow your organization to begin to heavily use bluetooth for things like wireless keyboards,it's going to be an interesting day when someone at BlackHat releases a firmware modification that allows us to capture bluetooth traffic similar to 802. We must also keep in mind the security risks involved.