At 10:24 AM -0800 12/7/02, Tim May wrote:
>On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 09:31  AM, Steve Schear wrote:
>
>> <http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,56742,00.html><http://
>> www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,56742,00.html>
>>
>> Feds Label Wi-Fi a Terrorist Tool
>> By Paul Boutin
>>
>> SANTA CLARA, California -- Attention, Wi-Fi users: The Department of
>> Homeland Security sees wireless networking technology as a terrorist
>> threat.
>>
>
>Ah, the irony is too rich! Consider one comment from this WiFi
>conference:
>--
>"Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position
>to say, 'If you're going to get broken into ... we're going to start
>regulating,'" said Cable and Wireless security architect Shannon Myers
>in a panel dubbed "Homeland Security vs. Wi-Fi."

I suspect that there is more exposure to DDoS attacks from Outlook than
from WiFi.  When is the DoHS going to declare Outlook a terrorist threat?

Cheers - Bill


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