Thom, Yes, it is known already more than 3 years ... I have termed it a "sterilizer"
Solution of a problem "sterilizer": - change one bit in firmware PC card (Prism 2.5 e.t.s.) or - possibility to change the code DSSS by the user, the code DSSS could be changed in firmware till 1997 OFDM (802.11a/g) has much more problems than DSSS ... Same as in DSSS a plus : -------------------------- WARNING! WARNING! Radio interference is detected in selected channel %d WARNING! WARNING! Access point operation is being terminated Checking for radar interference on selected channel %d Please wait... WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Radar interference is detected. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Rebooting the AP -------------------------- -Ivan > > > > Indefensible' Wi-Fi Flaw Discovered In 802.11b Network Protocol > > > > Vendors were told of an "indefensible" flaw in the commonly used > > 802.11b Wi-Fi protocol late last year, and two CERT teams issued > > advisories about it last week. The only solution found so far requires > > new wireless hardware. > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,93221,00.html?nlid=SEC > > A non-issue, by and large. > > I believe this quote from the article puts it into the proper perspective: > > '"I don't view this as a serious problem," said Craig Mathias, an analyst at > FarPoint Group in Ashland, Mass. "Someone has to want to initiate a wireless > DoS attack, [and] I've never seen one or heard of one in a public space -- > although they are clearly possible. > > "It's been well known for some time that a high-power jam could interrupt a > Wi-Fi or any unlicensed network, and much more effectively than the > technique" discovered at Queensland University."' > > It's one of those theoretical vulnerabilities that has no practical > application in the real world - useful only insofar as it gives trade pub > journalists an excuse to hyperventilate. > > Regards, > > Thom Stark > > "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making > other plans." > - John Lennon > > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
