R. A. Hettinga wrote:

At 12:35 PM -0400 5/27/04, John Kelsey wrote:


Does anyone know whether the low-power nature of wireless LANs protects
them from eavesdropping by satellite?



It seems to me that you'd need a pretty big dish in orbit to get that kind of resolution.

The Keyholes(?) are for microwaves, right?


Where better to put the big dish than in orbit? Clarke-belt birds are separated by what, 10 km? So a 5 km dish would be feasible.

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