Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 12:35 PM -0400 5/27/04, John Kelsey wrote: >>Does anyone know whether the low-power nature of wireless LANs protects >>them from eavesdropping by satellite? > > It seems to me that you'd need a pretty big dish in orbit to get that kind > of resolut

Re: The future of security

2004-05-27 Thread Ed Gerck
Ian Grigg wrote: ... fundamentally, as Steve suggests, we expect email from anyone, and it's free. We have to change one of those basic features to stop spam. Either make it "non-free," or make it "non-authorised." Hashcash doesn't achieve either of those, although a similar system such as a pa

Re: Satellite eavesdropping of 802.11b traffic

2004-05-27 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 12:35 PM -0400 5/27/04, John Kelsey wrote: >Does anyone know whether the low-power nature of wireless LANs protects >them from eavesdropping by satellite? It seems to me that you'd need a pretty big dish in orbit to get that kind of resolution. The Keyholes(?) are for microwaves, right? Cheer

Re: ADMIN: 'subscribers only' posting

2004-05-27 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"Udhay Shankar N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perry E. Metzger said: > >> Those of you who habitually post from an address other than the one >> you are subscribed under can ask me to put you on a special list of >> people who can post but are not subscribed. > > I sympathise. However, some non-

Re: ADMIN: 'subscribers only' posting

2004-05-27 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Perry E. Metzger said: > Those of you who habitually post from an address other than the one > you are subscribed under can ask me to put you on a special list of > people who can post but are not subscribed. I sympathise. However, some non-zero amount of the traffic on this list is being sent t