Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:38:00 +0000 From: Rasputin <rasputin@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD box as Airport replacement? Message-ID: <20010118103800.A66937@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010117093324.B22875@drella.newsof.com>; from wyllie@dilex.net on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 09:33:24AM -0800 References: <20010117084116.A22875@drella.newsof.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101170900210.6222-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> <20010117093324.B22875@drella.newsof.com>
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* Andrew Wyllie <wyllie@dilex.net> [010117 17:36]: > Hi Brian, > > Actually, here in Seattle, they have something called the > Seattle Wireless Network which (with the right equipment) > would allow you to share: > > http://www.seattlewireless.net/ > > I have not really played around with it much, but the connections > are encrytped and you can configure DHCP to only accept specific > MAC addressess - which should be enogh to prevent people from > stealing (would be interesting to configure DHCP to show you if > anyone is trying to steal...). > But couldn't a prospective intruder try RFC1918 addresses at random till they find your network? But some sort of authentication based on MAC addresses sounds good, though - > On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Brian wrote: > > > With that kind of range, have you thought about a login process to use the > > service..... > > ......This could prevent yer neighbor or > > a prankster in a vsn from swipin service from you. I'm more concerned about packet sniffing than someone else sharing my cablemodem, to be honest A thread on stable suggests the best hardware crypto these cards can do is 128 bit with a so-so algorithm. To be safe, I'll just use shedloads of SSH-type TLS solutions. Thanks a lot to everyone who's given me advice on this. -- Rasputin Jack of All Trades :: Master of Nuns To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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