FCC Approves 802.11b Phased Array

n6zfx writes "802.11b Networking News is reporting that vivato received FCC approval for the 802.11b AP that has a range of 4 miles... This was discussed recently here on slashdot -- There were comments that it might not be totally legal. Hopefully, this paves the way for more WISPs, bigger hotspots, and replacement of outdated wireless technology that seemed to be the only competitor to DSL and tv-cable for the last mile."

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I'm really really sick of this troll.

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Security issues will never, ever be addressed but fear of wireless communications is baseless and stupid. Wireless is no less secure than any other part of the internet. When you hook up to it, people can see your machine and may try to hack it. The concerns you have about inteception exist for all forms of communications. An interloper can even listen to a stand alone machine unless that machine is operated in a windowless perfect Faraday cage on battery power.

The only answer is to use an easy to customize, stable and relativly secure operating system and lock it down. This will lower the chances of your machine being owned by someone else who will then use it to search for content of interest, store mp3s, movies and kiddie porn, or to harrass others, yet not throw out the whole purpose and promisse of the internet: the sharing of information and computing resources.

I'm very very tired of people transfering their eXPerience with worm, virus, hole plauged operating systems to "security" of the internet. Not every machine in the world is brain dead enough to run an email client as root and automatically execute attatchments. Some people use freely available secure communications packages like OpenSSH. Get a clue people, especially you, Uncle Sam.