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Re: don't bring your APs to HEL



ke, 2005-06-29 kello 08:37 +0200, Holger Levsen kirjoitti:
> or at least, absolutly do not connect them to the network at HUT!
> 
> We'll have wireless network (secured by wpa so prepare yourself if you aren't 
> allready - more instructions to come) in the all relevant buildings (dorms, 
> smökki (hacklab) and CSD (computer science department, where the talks will 
> be held)).
> 
> If you do connect your APs, debconf5 will be disconnected from the network...  

This sucks. Big time.

Mac laptop users seem to suffer most from this, but it seems various
cards used on i386 don't support WPA either, at least under Linux with
free software.

"Wireless encryption" is fairly useless for any real security from the
user's point of view, anyway: any passwords and stuff must go through an
encrypted higher level anyway (ssh, imaps, pops, etc).

If we can't talk HUT into allowing non-WPA, we should make sure there
are lots of cables and switches everywhere.


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