[88297] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wifi SIP WPA/PSK Support
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Fri Jan 27 18:07:50 2006
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:07:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Crist Clark <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
Cc: Mike Leber <mleber@he.net>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <43D923A8.7080201@globalstar.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Crist Clark wrote:
> Because domestically the US gov't (or local LEOs) can just intercept the
> calls when they hit the PSTN. They don't bother intercepting between the
> phone and its access point.
Securing against people who might casually sniff your connection is better
than no security/encryption at all. You won't be able to do anything about
the LEOs if they really want to listen to your {IP|cellular|landline}
phone conversations.
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