From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 8 05:36:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13FAD16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 05:36:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail27.cn4e.com (unknown [218.107.207.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40AD43D1D for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 05:36:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zhangweiwu@realss.com) Received: from realss.com (unknown [218.85.104.202]) by mail27.cn4e.com (WorldPost) with ESMTP id 166A07F4CB2E; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 21:56:27 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <40263B6E.2000408@realss.com> Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:36:46 +0800 From: Zhang Weiwu User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20040120 X-Accept-Language: zh-cn, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tony Frank References: <20040208123922.GG92622@marvin.home.local> In-Reply-To: <20040208123922.GG92622@marvin.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need suggestions on making a wireless network using bluetooth. X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 13:36:54 -0000 Tony Frank wrote: >Encryption is a good idea for any wireless network. >I believe bluetooth has a little more in this respect over 802.11 but >I do not know any sure statement whether by itself it is enough. >Eg you may need to run IPSec or similar over any wireless link to secure >your data. > > I don't mean bluetooth has better encryption ... I mean bluetooth cannot pass through walls, making it diffcult to listen network traffic outside the building:)