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China Releases Own WLAN Security Standard

Posted by timothy on from the more-than-nomenclature dept.

Lownewulf writes "This NetworkWorldFusion article describes the release of the GB15629.11-2003 wireless networking standard in China, a wireless standard similar to 802.11, but with better security. The IEEE is worried that this may lead to the need to support two different standards in wireless networking hardware." ziggyboy adds a link to CNET's article, noting that "all wireless devices sold in China are required to comply to this standard from December 1."

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  1. Primary post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "all wireless devices sold in China are required to comply to this standard from December 1."

    China: Folding space and time for the people since 1949!

  2. 802.11i? by Dave2+Wickham · · Score: 4, Funny

    I must say I've never heard of 802.11i before; have I missed everybody talking about it, or is it underreported? I don't pretend to be an expert in wireless technology, but I've not seen it mentioned anywhere... Then again, their status page (quickly looked up, yay Mysterious Future...) uses <blink>, was exported by MS Word, was "cleaned up" by Netscape 4, and has an incorrectly capitalised DOCTYPE, and I'm not sure if I'd trust wireless security to a group with a status page like that :-P (I know, they probably didn't make the page, but it still gives a bad impression).

  3. So now the 800lb gorilla... by akaina · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a country with one of the worst records of human rights violations now has their own:

    Flavor of linux (RedFlag)
    DVD standards
    wireless encryption
    Video compression (AVS)
    Taikonauts
    Access to windows source code
    Web searching (Chinese Search Alliance)
    CPU architecture (Dragon)

    Is anybody else out there as concerned as I am about this?

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    Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
    1. Re:So now the 800lb gorilla... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is anybody else out there as concerned as I am about this?

      You think maybe it's time to get Bush Junior to rush in and invade China? Maybe they're developing weapons of mass destruction! I'm sure we can find some *this* time!

  4. Very secure devices by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    The HTML configuration pages are all in Chinese, and the devices have strict orders to not talk to foreign capitalist pigdogs, under penalty of immediate brutal termination and dismantlement.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  5. standards joke by rexguo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "The great thing about standards, is that there are so many to choose from"

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    www.rexguo.com - Technologist + Designer
  6. B15629.11-2003 is a bit of a mouthfull... by Aardpig · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...wouldn't Wi-Chi be better?

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    Tubal-Cain smokes the white owl.
  7. I saw this in Command & Conquer Generals by Rahga · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why Black Lotus and your hordes of hackers say "I can hack into anything."

    Forget accounting fraud and unethical stock manipulations... The real threat will be obvious when hundreds of men from China gather on the lawn 100 feet away from the Pentagon and pull out their laptops.

  8. The great thing about standards by bunhed · · Score: 1, Funny

    is there are so many to choose from.

  9. Re:Tinfoil hat or not? by eyegor · · Score: 1, Funny

    Given the Chinese Govt's regard for their peoples rights and privacy, I'll bet that it has a bigger backdoor than goatxse man.

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    Don't anthropomorphize computers, they don't like it.
  10. Oh no! by JamieF · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now instead of crappy WEP I'll have to buy devices that have better security and are made in China so they'll be cheaper! DAMN IT!