Re: TOTAL WIRELESS SECURITY

From: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 11:45:07 PST

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    On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:37:02 EST, George Capehart said:
    
    > Faraday cages and Tempest shields aren't.  Most institutions that I know
    > of that are serious about that solve the problem by RF-proofing the
    > areas they want to protect.  Try using a cell phone or pager in some
    > sensitive areas of some of the larger banks . . .  ;-)
    
    Somebody else in private mail mentioned a hospital ICU - if the threat
    model is "interference with a heart monitor", a Faraday cage doesn't do
    much good....
    
    As I said - without knowing more about the threat model, we can't really
    help the original poster much...
    -- 
    				Valdis Kletnieks
    				Computer Systems Senior Engineer
    				Virginia Tech
    
    
    
    



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