Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:41:44 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> To: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <200101171741.JAA13702@curve.dellroad.org> In-Reply-To: <20010117165843.A58911@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> "from Rasputin at Jan 17, 2001 04:58:43 pm"
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Rasputin writes: > Is there crypto built into the IEEE802.11 spec? Yes. > And is it any good? Sort of. One problem is that all clients must have the same shared secret, which means it's not much of a secret. Also there are known-plaintext attacks in certain situations, like mixed cells (some clients encrypting, some not). -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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