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Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 17:25:42
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"Alexandru" == Alexandru Petrescu 
<alexandru(_dot_)petrescu(_at_)motorola(_dot_)com> writes:
    Alexandru> Joel Jaeggli wrote:
    >> what exactly is the point of having a wep key shared by 2000 people.

    Alexandru> I didn't mean it for data confidentiality; I meant it for
    Alexandru> building the 
    Alexandru> wires W in WEP not for the P privacy.  Basically one such W
    Alexandru> for ietf and  
    Alexandru> one for aodv.

  Why do you think that the helpful drivers that kept us coming up in IBSS
mode (proper name for new "ad-hoc" mode) won't use the keys as well?

  Further, as was said, it does nothing against malicious rogue APs?  

]       ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine.           |  firewalls  [
]   Michael Richardson,    Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON    |net architect[
] mcr(_at_)xelerance(_dot_)com      http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/mcr/ 
|device driver[
] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [
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