[ale] kismet

cfowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Wed Feb 12 14:28:40 EST 2003


>From an access stand point, what is the difference between a bridge and
AP?


On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 14:16, Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> > Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> >
> > > Another thing that is commonly overlooked is making sure that the
> > > individual cards themselves are not running in ad-hoc mode. I think that
> > > once you get to a certain point in taking all these precautions, you have
> > > to conclude that if the data is that important, it's not worth the trouble
> > > to secure 802.11b.
> >
> > And if that's the only viable solution?
> 
> Wireless or 802.11b specifically? 802.11b is far from the only solution. I
> really like the stuff from Proxim. The Tsunami line is pretty good.
> 
> http://www.proxim.com/products/all/tsunami_bridge/index.html
> 
> Please note that these are bridges. As I said before, if it absolutely
> must be secure, access points are out of the question as far as I'm
> concerned. I will not endorse it.
> 
> --
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net
> 
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