At 17:26 14/11/2002, Kevin Arima wrote:
Indeed, but if it takes several seconds each time re-auth is done and that happens every 5 minutes, it might be slightly annoying. I have no idea how long it will take, though, I just imagine it to be a bit long given the low performance of the processor is some of those devices... I don't see it won't work, I just think it might be not very convenient...On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jacques Caron wrote:> This being said, I believe that even if most platforms have one or more > supplicants available (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, *BSD...), I have quite some > doubts about the "smaller" platforms, e.g. Pocket PC and Palms, but there > is no reason this cannot be added at some point, someone just needs to do > it. It might be interesting to see how a Palm with a 16 MHz processor will > handle public-key cryptography, though... > The only time PKI or similar is involved is during the authentication process and the rekeying process.
Jacques.
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