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BusinessWeek on Wi-Fi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bits-and-bytes-through-the-wild-blue-yonder dept.

ydeepakjois writes "BusinessWeek is running a series of articles on the potential of wireless high-speed access, the Wi-Fi industry and the challenges faced by it. There is also an interesting bit about a business model for wireless carriers."

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  1. Easy: VPN by div_2n · · Score: 4, Informative

    The only real stop gap solution at this point is to have a VPN server on the other side of the wireless connection. That way, your packets can be sniffed all day and would be crackers have to deal with breaking VPN crypto.

    I suspect that in the end, that will be the way to go regardless of new advancements in WEP that may or may not come about.

    The bottom line is that somewhere, the day will have to be encrypted in some way because it is open in the air for anyone to grab. If you put the burden of the horsepower required to encrypt/decrypt on your WAP, then your ability to serve large numbers of clients diminishes.

    In other words, leave the WAP duties up to the WAP and leave the encryption duties up to a VPN server. No changes to current technologies required.