[brlug-general] Help with PEAP, TKIP, WPA and wpa_supplicant

[-ray]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, willhill wrote:

> The political part of the battle has been pushed very far into negative
> territory by the bad guys.  The usefulness of encrypting the last 100 feet of
> network is laughable in the larger battle for user privacy, but that's what
> is being pushed for.

I agree 100%.  Encrypting the last 100 feet of your unsecured 
POP/IMAP/HTTP connection is silly.  While wireless security is important, 
the big push for it is just FUD to give people warm fuzzies that they are 
"secure".  You have to look at the entire transmission, and secure all 
points of interception to be "secure".  I have always told people, even 
before wireless, that you need end-to-end encryption.  Use ssh, SSL, TLS, 
and VPNs to secure your data transmission.

Never trust that port in the wall.  By the same token, never trust that 
radio on the ceiling.

ray
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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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