From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] 802.11 Access Points Message-ID: <20020411154410.B14879@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from plan9@itic.ca on Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:04:13AM -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:44:10 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 75e7999a-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 09:04:13AM -0500, plan9@itic.ca wrote: > > 2 years ago, I have been working on the Bluetooth 1.0b specifications and the only issue was the ability to get the right hardware components. I took a look at the recent linux open source implementations of the L2CAP and others BT stacks : that would be something to explore too... > I understand that 802.11 is easily eavesdropped on, but I don't find that as much of a showstopper as trying to track the alphabet soup of proprietary and otherwise alternatives. I'm just thinking along the lines of an RF equivalent of Cisoc's PIX, if such a thing makes any sense. Once the hardware has been tamed the Plan 9 way, its usefulness is increased manifold. And it's cheap, even by South African standards. ++L