On Tue, 2 May 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
>
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 01 May 2000
> | That is absolutely false. IEEE 802.11, aka WaveLAN, aka Orinoco is a
> | license free 2.4GHz wireless networking system. It is licensed and
> | approved and used (widely) in the United States. It includes either 40
> | bit or 128 bit encryption depending on the version you use.
>
> This is an interesting loophole in the FCC regs. An 802.11 packet can be
> considered to be clear even when what is inside the envelope is encrypted.
> When the regs were drafted they never considered the idea of encapsulation,
> or never took it seriously. I suspect the FCC was quite annoyed when they
> learned about 802.11 and related protocols.
They're quite happy with cellular links being encrypted.
Why did you claim that it was impossible to send compressed and encrypted
communications when you appear to know full well that many standards used
are both compressed and encrypted? Your original claim, that cellular
communications couldn't be encrypted or compressed has been proven false.
You may be trying to demonstrate your knowledge by describing in more
detail how something works, but the fact remains that your initial claims
were wrong; I'm dubious as to whether I should trust any of the other
information you are so sure about.
gopi.
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