On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, willhill wrote: > The political part of the battle has been pushed very far into negative > territory by the bad guys. The usefulness of encrypting the last 100 feet of > network is laughable in the larger battle for user privacy, but that's what > is being pushed for.
I agree 100%. Encrypting the last 100 feet of your unsecured POP/IMAP/HTTP connection is silly. While wireless security is important, the big push for it is just FUD to give people warm fuzzies that they are "secure". You have to look at the entire transmission, and secure all points of interception to be "secure". I have always told people, even before wireless, that you need end-to-end encryption. Use ssh, SSL, TLS, and VPNs to secure your data transmission. Never trust that port in the wall. By the same token, never trust that radio on the ceiling. ray -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
