* [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.
Also, the Department of Commerce has fought very hard to keep the crypto
loopholes from being tightened up.
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