[52256] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Sun Sep 22 19:00:17 2002
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 18:41:43 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Randy Bush wrote:
>
> but it adds annoyance for the intended users. in the case of non-
> techs, considerable annoyance. and it gives negligible privacy.
>
(sigh)
Randy has the best of intentions. But I'm tired of the old saw that
security adds annoyance. I long ago gave up on a WG at the IETF when
the members wanted to add security, but with *NO* configuration.
Sorry, any security requires a *SECRET*.
I will agree that the security in WEP is almost useless, and have
personally campaigned to change it for years. But, it is still the only
Access Control widely available. So, it should be used, in addition to
the better methods.
--
William Allen Simpson
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