not to wet on your charcoal, but wireless lan is totally insecure, even if it is "only" your credit card info on it, much less if it has business info. see:
< http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010808S0042> < http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010803S0082> most disturbing, it takes 15 minutes with a 40 bit key, less than an hour even with 128 bit key. simce it's the clipper chip and des all over again, industry blindly adopting what the government suggest for not really secret data. it seems likely any wlan encryption will be weak, because that's what the nsa and others want, and corporate giants rarely fight the government (much less government spooks waiving the red flag of national security). honestly, "wired equivalent security" is just more industry hype, given current computer speeds i wouldn't expect many cyphers to last long. on the other hand, if you really don't care who sees your data it's a great solution. also disturbing is that the latest attack is passive, i.e. the attacker can just listen to your data without sending any until they've seen enough, then they can read anything they want or spoof one of your machines which makes firewalls worthless. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been researching prices on wireless PC cards and have a question > regarding the physical compatibility of non-Apple-branded cards in the > iBook and iMac. They should all be electrically compatible (is that a bad > assumption?), but I'm wondering if they all have the same form factor to > enable them to be physically plugged into the Mac hardware. Perhaps a > better way to phrase the question is this: does the Airport card have the > same form factor as a Type II PCMCIA card? Are there other issues to take > into consideration (e.g., antenna wires, etc...)? Sorry if these are > stupid questions... -- "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller, American Blind/Deaf Author & Lecturer... -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
