IEEE Approves 802.11i

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Posted by michael on Friday June 25, 2004 @07:49AM from the my-lock-my-key dept.

Dozix007 writes "IEEE has approved a new wireless security protocol dubbed 802.11i, intended to finally provide sufficient security for wireless connections that users don't need to rely on alternate security layers. The new specification works by using AES encryption in the transceiver itself, encrypting data directly at the level just above the actual radio pulses themselves. That makes it transparent for applications sending data through the radio, so legacy programs running on new 802.11i-compliant hardware will automatically get the benefits of the new protocol without the need for modification."

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Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm on a few IRC channels, they're all buzzing about this but I can't find independant confirmation. Anyone know for sure?
1. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  yes she did, CNN is reporting this now.
2. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I heard she was found with Stephen King in his Maine home. They apparently died from heart attacks almost simultaneously.
3. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  no fair, you tricked me!
4. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I fucked her, you know. It was a little like screwing a bag full of pencils, but the pay was good.
5. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I'm not sure I understand the reference to 'a bag full of pencils'. Why would it feel like that? I could understand if you said 'like throwing a hot dog down a hallway.'
6. Re:Mary-Kate Olsen rumored to have died today by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:10 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I'm going to have to ask you to kindly refrain from criticising my similes. It makes me feel as if my feet were encased in a frozen tub of toothpaste.
What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Don't get me wrong, I love the president. But a recent interview with Irish television leaves me confused. Here are two quotes:

"People join terrorist organizations because there's no hope and there's no chance to raise their families in a peaceful world where there is not freedom ... so the idea is to promote freedom and at the same time protect our security.

"These people are willing to kill innocent people. They're willing to slaughter innocent people to stop the advance of freedom," Bush said.

So which is it? Do people join terrorist organizations because there is not freedom or to stop the advance of freedom?

Please advise. Thx.
1. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Please fuck off. Thx.
2. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  So which is it? Do people join terrorist organizations because there is not freedom or to stop the advance of freedom?
  Neither -- It's the excellent health coverage.
3. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  42.
4. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  What is means is this: we're on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change.
5. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  uh, what was the question again?
6. Re:What the? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I thought you knew?
802******* and beyond by i621148 · 2004-06-25 07:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

i am not buying or upgrading anymore 802***** equipment until someone comes out with a standard that allows me to broadcast to unused radio stations in my car stereo ;)
In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 07:55 · Score: 0, Offtopic

802.11i approves YOU!

(Come on folks, this really IS funny if you think about it)
1. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  (Come on folks, this really IS funny if you think about it)
  
  It's more "funny-groan" than "funny-haha".
2. Re:In Soviet Russia by mamba-mamba · 2004-06-25 08:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Who modded the parent to flaimbait? Off topic, maybe.
  
  Whatever.
  
  Personally, I thought it was funny.
  
  MM
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3. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "Who modded the parent to flaimbait? Off topic, maybe."
  
  ex-KGB moderator?
4. Re:In Soviet Russia by AviLazar · 2004-06-25 09:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Please sometimes the mods are retarded. I had a message moded as trol when it should have been moded as offtopic, maybe even overrated, but not troll (it wasn't goading anyone). Then again, I had another topic that was picking on canadians, and it got left alone....pfft - at the least picking on canadians should be overrated :)
  
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5. Re:In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 09:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  After much deliberation, the panel has decided that, no, in fact, it was stupid, and you shall be beheaded.
6. Re:In Soviet Russia by irc.goatse.cx+troll · 2004-06-25 11:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Slashdot without mods on crack would be like fark without boobies.
  
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Re:Layers are the key by Bog+Standard · 2004-06-25 08:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

yes I have a busted return and . key :)
Re:Perfect? by lukewarmfusion · 2004-06-25 08:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yeah - the eye chart of 802.11a/b/g/i, the crappy security that goes with all of those (wait a year or two, and see if i is all that secure), and the interoperability problems between them (and between different manufacturers, even within the same standard!).

I hope I'm wrong about 802.11i, but I have more faith in history than I do in companies and their marketing deparments.
Damn that was funny by Anonymous Coward · 2004-06-25 08:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And of course, I had to use my last mod point a minute ago.
Woah.... but where's my Pony? by funkdid · 2004-06-25 08:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Woah.... but where's my Pony? Nice, I am excited. Not excited like this ->
http://sportsbybrooks.com/ramonachorleu.html
but excited none the less.

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Re:Is this the end? by petabyte · 2004-06-25 09:15 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Why would it? People don't turn on WEP/WAP today as it is. I can fire up kismet and litterally walk down the street and get a half dozen "linksys" hotspots without any WEP whatsoever.

Mine actually doesn't have WEP on it either but the AES ipsec configuration and the OBSD router keep the flies away.