At 6:35 PM -0700 7/21/99, Lucky Green wrote:
>Well, if it is made by Lucent, then we are probably talking about WaveLAN.
>
>WaveLAN's used to offer a 56 bit DES chip option, but Lucent recently
>"upgraded" the crypto used to 40 bit RC4. Even issued a big press release
>about their new security features...
>
>BTW, if anybody ever finds a strong-crypto wireless LAN solution let me
>know. [To save time: yes, I am aware of IPSEC, SSL, etc. No, that's not what
>I am looking for. So please don't send me bunch of email suggesting it. I
>want the strong crypto built into the wireless LAN hardware].
Of course, if you are using the product only as pathway to the big bad
Internet, you need end-to-end encryption to be safe. (And yes, I suspect
that Lucky's application is not that simple.)
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