Basically a highly-conductive (read metal) box with no holes (or holes smaller than the wavelength of the EMF you want to shield from). It should probably be also connected to a ground. .. Google for "faraday cage".
(I'm not a physicist so hopefully a better answer will come along) Martin Visser, CISSP Network and Security Consultant Consulting & Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clinton Sent: Friday, 13 May 2005 7:59 PM To: 'SLUG' Subject: [SLUG] EMF IPAQ Guys, Anyone no a good way to protect electrical equipment from EMF? I have a IPAQ that need to site very close to a scanner that generates and EMF to read RFIDS? Any help would be welcomed? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
