And to think that David Pogue in his Circuits today mentions the WEP and WPA and I was sooo proud to know ( faintly) what he was talking about!. (Circuits is the free weekly e-newsletter from the NY Times you can subscribe to). My husband says WPA means "when Papa arrives" -good common expression for "Works Progress Administration". Marta On Jul 22, 2004, at 11:27, Nora J. Probasco wrote:
> You had margaritas and didn't share with the group...naughty, naughty! > > >> From: Bryan Forrest <bcforrest at cox.net> >> Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:15:06 -0400 >> To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> Subject: Re: MacGroup: Users... >> >> You're absolutely right Marta. I should have said WPA rather than WAP. >> Chalk it up to a couple of margaritas at Chili's last night. WPA is >> WiFi Protected Access, the more robust encryption standard now >> included >> in many recent wireless routers. WPA uses a dynamic key encryption >> method, instead of WEP's flawed static key method. This makes guessing >> a WPA key very difficult, if not impossible. >> >> WAP is an acronym for Wireless Access Point. >> >> It's also the sound my hand made when it struck my forehead after >> reading my post from last night. >> >> Bryan > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
