On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Charles Felts wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4190607.stm
This part seems to always get overlooked in these stories: "Naturally, people may have security concerns," said Chris Clark, chief executive for BT's wireless broadband. "But wi-fi networks are no more or less vulnerable than any other means of accessing the internet, like broadband or dial-up." I'm not saying that you shouldn't apply as many layers of security as you can reasonably afford, but I've never understood why people worry so much about the first hop (from your wifi card to the hotspot) when your data has 20 or 30 more unprotected hops to go. (Of course it's a different concern if you have WAPs attached to an internal "trusted" network.) But if you were sending "financial transactions or anything that is of a sensitive or personal nature" in the clear over the Internet, you were already screwed before you ever got 802.11. M.D. -- Michael A. Dickerson : Unix Systems Administrator : Pomona College Andrew 252a : 909.607.8653 : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
