According to the article, "all communications service providers (CSPs) would be required to build interception software or hardware into their systems". But I see nothing in the article which indicates that clients of these CSPs must do the same. In other words, a CSP must provide some sort of wiretapping functionality, but organizations which use these CSPs do not (unless they themselves are a CSP).
So it seems to me that an organization wishing to protect itself from government snooping could simply implement a non-tappable VPN using strong encryption of its own choosing. This means that CSPs can't implement truly secure VPNs for their customers, but there is nothing which prevents a customer from implementing a secure VPN for itself.
I also tried the Aironet card at USENIX. It worked very well and I was considering buying some for home use, but they are just a bit too pricey. The access points are $1,200 and the cards are $400. (And this was with the conference discount.) If these prices would come down by 50%, I would probably consider them more seriously.
The literature that I got from DSI (Dynamic Solution International) show that they have ISA and PCI cards for desktop machines in addition to PCMCIA cards for laptops. One access point will cover 60,000 sq. ft at 11Mbps, so this does seem like a good solution in environments where running cable is impractical. (It'd be an even better solution if the price would come down.)
CodeWarrior will run on distributions other than RedHat. We (Metrowerks, that is) even give instructions on the CD for installing by hand if you choose not to use the RPM provided.
I've been able to get CodeWarrior to run on all of the distributions I tried so far which are RedHat 5.2, RedHat 6.0, SuSE 6.0, SuSE 6.1, Debian 2.1, Caldera 2.2, and even FreeBSD 3.2! It's not always easy to get it to installed and running, but it is possible.
Our "Red Hat" product was QA'd on Red Hat 5.2. We do plan to validate CodeWarrior on other major distributions for future products.
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According to the article, "all communications service providers (CSPs) would be required to build interception software or hardware into their systems". But I see nothing in the article which indicates that clients of these CSPs must do the same. In other words, a CSP must provide some sort of wiretapping functionality, but organizations which use these CSPs do not (unless they themselves are a CSP).
So it seems to me that an organization wishing to protect itself from government snooping could simply implement a non-tappable VPN using strong encryption of its own choosing. This means that CSPs can't implement truly secure VPNs for their customers, but there is nothing which prevents a customer from implementing a secure VPN for itself.
I also tried the Aironet card at USENIX. It worked very well and I was considering buying some for home use, but they are just a bit too pricey. The access points are $1,200 and the cards are $400. (And this was with the conference discount.) If these prices would come down by 50%, I would probably consider them more seriously.
The literature that I got from DSI (Dynamic Solution International) show that they have ISA and PCI cards for desktop machines in addition to PCMCIA cards for laptops. One access point will cover 60,000 sq. ft at 11Mbps, so this does seem like a good solution in environments where running cable is impractical. (It'd be an even better solution if the price would come down.)
CodeWarrior will run on distributions other than RedHat. We (Metrowerks, that is) even give instructions on the CD for installing by hand if you choose not to use the RPM provided.
I've been able to get CodeWarrior to run on all of the distributions I tried so far which are RedHat 5.2, RedHat 6.0, SuSE 6.0, SuSE 6.1, Debian 2.1, Caldera 2.2, and even FreeBSD 3.2! It's not always easy to get it to installed and running, but it is possible.
Our "Red Hat" product was QA'd on Red Hat 5.2. We do plan to validate CodeWarrior on other major distributions for future products.