Re: Wireless device vulnerability?

From: John Lampe (j_lampeat_private)
Date: Sun Mar 24 2002 - 06:15:21 PST

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    >After all, you'll never be safe from jamming or eavesdropping on a
    >shared media. You'll never get 100 % security, but with today's
    >wireless networks, jamming is >very hard and will require
    >sophisticated equipment.  
    
    You speak of jamming at layer 1.  What about jamming at layer 2 using
    RTS/CTS?  I've never tried it, but it seems as if you could flood an
    AP with RTS's and disrupt (read: jam) normal communications in that
    manner...
    
    
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