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Date:      Tue, 05 Sep 2000 09:24:22 -0700
From:      Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: affordable wireless 
Message-ID:  <200009051624.JAA26722@mina.soco.agilent.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Sep 2000 09:11:15 PDT." <200009051611.e85GBFU16170@ptavv.es.net> 

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"Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> wrote:

> Even at 128 bits, WEP encryption is, at best, rather weak. The right
> answer is to use strong encryption for everything.
> 
> OpenSSH is now a standard part of FreeBSD. Use it and stop sending
> clear passwords over the net. Then you don't care about the security
> of the link, only the end nodes.

     Very true.  If people want to know why, see:

	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2000/02/04/0001.html

--
	Darryl Okahata
	darrylo@soco.agilent.com

DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or
of the little green men that have been following him all day.


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