Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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?

Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread Bill Stewart
At 04:04 PM 5/27/2004, 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.

Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Roy M. Silvernail wrote: 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

Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread Roy M. Silvernail
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