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From: Randy Bush <rbush@bainbridge.verio.net>
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To: Paul Bauer <pbauer@juniper.net>
Subject: Re: encryption using wavelan
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Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 17:01:51 -0700
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> Has anyone gotten the wavelan cards (802.11 compliant) working using
> encryption and FreeBSD 3.4?  or any version really.  I would like to use
> the encryption capabilities and find that windows and Linux both have this
> feature but that FreeBSD doesn't to my knowledge.  Is this correct?

the encryption is weak.  do not use radio without all traffic being
seriously encrypted, e.g. with ssh, ipsec,  ...

randy


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