Hi, > > > 1 - Is it worth trying? > > No.
And thats because ... ? > > > 2 - Does anyone have hands-on experience? > > No. There are three "bands" that bluetooth uses. The first is for "local" > communication such as between your headset and a phone on your belt. > Range is about one meter. This band is legal in Israel. > > The next two bands, designed for connection to you phone and a computer > with a 2-3 meter range and all the computers in a room, are not legal > to use, import or sell in Israel. Says who? care to back up your claim with some official doc or a refferal to an official position please? > Another problem is that bluetooth was designed like Sendmail. The concept > of people using it to attack your system, steal bandwidth for kidde porn > and spam, etc was not in the designer's minds. There is no security > in current bluetooth implementations. Actually, there is. You can definately "hide" the device in the bluetooth setup. I have tested it here on my Nokia 6230, my pocketPC, and with a Win2K machine I have around here. You can easily "hide" your device so it doesn't show up if someone scans the range. You also have a 4 letters/digits security key which you need to exchange for each transaction (unless you set it up for auto accept). I'm sure it's not a great secure solution, but with few simple clicks you can protect yourself. > There was a problem with one particular cell phone/pocket PC combo > that if you had bluetooth turned on, it would become infected with > a virus if an infected phone came within range. You can look it up, > this is not a fake or FUD. It's not a FUD, but considering that all my bluetooth device DO ask me by default if I want to let anyone join my bluetooth devices, I say it's a standard alert. > 3 - What Bluetooth dongle do you reccomend with good Linux support? I'm planning next week to play with Belkin USB dongle and Fedora core 3. I'll share my notes with you if you want. Thanks, Hetz ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
