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Wirelss Networking Encryption...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas P. Hallaran)
Wed Jul 21 14:08:30 1999
Date: 21 Jul 99 09:01:54 PDT
From: Thomas.P.Hallaran@directory.reed.edu (Thomas P. Hallaran)
To: cryptography@c2.net
Apple computer just released a new wireless networking product,
The "airport". This is from apple's web site:
"Q. What kind of security does AirPort
provide?
A. AirPort offers password access control and
encryption to deliver security equivalent to that of a
physical network cable. Users are required to enter
a password to log on to the AirPort network--and,
optionally, an additional password for access to any
other computer on the network. When transmitting
information, AirPort uses 40-bit encryption to
scramble data, rendering it useless to
eavesdroppers."
The product was actually developed by lucent tech.
I wonder what kind of encryption is employed...?
anyone know?
