Thursday, October 03, 2002

Wireless Security If anyone has had time to analyze wireless security, it is the Pentagon.  In 1985, I was using wireless satellite communications in Honduras to communicate critical information globally.  We were using double encryption at the time and I won't go into the details, but suffice it to say that transmissions were secure.  We were only sending at 19.2, but that was pretty good at the time, since some were still using other types of communication at 300 baud.  I bring this up because an article in GCN states that the Pentagon is now prohibiting connections from any kind of wireless device to any classified network.  I imagine that this is because there has been a proliferation of wireless applications for military use.  Speaking of military security, I just stumbled across this 1999 report online, U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AND MILITARY/COMMERCIAL CONCERNS WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.  I hadn't read it before, but with my interest in China, I will. 7:34:15 AM

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