Custom Wireless Solution

Mon Apr 23 07:06:23 UTC 2001

>
>How secure is this connection? Does 802.11
>provide security implicitly?

802.11 provides basic authentication with SSID's, and encryption with WEP 
(Wireless Encryption Protocol). Neither is particularly hard to crack, but 
it does protect you from casual intrusion.

Simon
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