[1376] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Packet radio
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Nov 16 01:23:37 1995
From: iialan@iifeak.swan.ac.uk (Alan Cox)
To: drew@poohsticks.org (Drew Eckhardt)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 10:00:54 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199511150008.RAA06781@chopper.poohsticks.org> from "Drew Eckhardt" at Nov 14, 95 05:08:18 pm
> cooperative, with a bandwidth increase being a secondary
> consideration. With at least a 56K data rate, packet radio looks like
> it might be able to do this.
You couldnt use amateur packet radio for this sort of thing. Its licensed
in most countries in such a way as to prevent it competing with commercial
items. There are however commercial equivalents with no further or limited
licensing costs (NCR wavelan for example).
> Currently, I only allow DES-Encrypted, Kerberos over TCP authenticated
> login sessions from the outside world. Could I still do this (legally)?
Nope.