On 2 Nov 2006 at 17:03, Bernie Cosell wrote:

> situation is that if I took out my wireless card and plugged it into 
> another computer, it would come up all authenticated and ready to go.  
> Odd, but I think that *THAT"S* a security problem [and one I hadn't 
> realized was lurking there].... I need to take more careful care of my 
> pcmcia wireless card than I thought I did..:o)  [and also, if I 
> sell/passon my wireless card, I'll need to take steps to ensure that it 
> "forgets" all of its hidden keys, something that wouldn't have occurred 
> to me.]

That is NOT an issue AFAIK, most devices DON'T store that info on the nic, 
that is handled upstream by the OS and the driver.
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