From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 00:29:05 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC79116A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:29:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4144843D31 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:29:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j160T4qr012536; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j160T4It012535; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:04 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Mauro Message-ID: <20050206002904.GJ9350@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <1106542417.29481.168.camel@localhost.localdomain> <41F4ADC1.8070201@freebsd.org> <42017276.1010304@finnovative.net> <4201C54A.8090009@freebsd.org> <1107418085.4125.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1107418085.4125.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: airport estreme with Freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:29:05 -0000 On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:08:04AM -0700, Mauro wrote: > > That's one theory, and another is that the WiFi manufacturers don't > > want to allow hackers to modify radio power settings or they'll > > lose their FCC licenses for the product. .. > I don't buy the theory about government frequencies. This theory asks > one to believe that government frequencies are not intercepted or > tampered with in some fashion. They are tampered with and can be done > so easily. Legally sold scanners enable one to listen in to all sorts > of private signals. One, don't top post -- it looses context. This isn't a Mickysoft list. Two isssue isn't necessarily about receiving certain frequencies as you assume. As Peter said one of the issues is the FCC doesn't want you to set the TRANSMITTING POWER above a certain power. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)