Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 10:34:11 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: affordable wireless Message-ID: <200009051734.e85HYBU18656@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:32:12 %2B0200." <v04220817b5dad01547b1@[195.238.1.121]>
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Brad, We can agree that the 40 bit stuff is not worth the trouble. My 128 bit Lucent card says "128-bit RC-4 encryption". Last I heard, RC-4 was not considered a "safe" algorithm. Also, in any multi-user environment, the secret must be too public. (I believe that when I know something, it's secure. When I tell someone, it's secret. When someone else is told, it's public.) Using an encrypted link is fine, but I worry that people will believe far too much in its security. (Especially when they see "128-bit".) If I'm wrong and it is 3DES, never mind! But still use ssh whenever possible. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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