RE: [MLUG] FYI: Tigernet WEP key changes on Monday...

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> > If you don't know much about wireless security, then why 
> are you talking about it?
> 
> Actually, I was asking about it.  Because I don't know much about it.
> And thanks for the response; the new plan seems reasonable.  I am very
> aware of the problem that you face here, and I expect that there are
> no perfect solutions.  (And the worse thing is that the situation gets
> trickier as the wireless coverage gets better; now that you can get a
> usable wireless signal from TigerNet in the SubShop or in Peace Park,
> it's much easier for a non-MU type to use it than when it was a few
> select building in central campus.

Which reminds me, I'm in a really bad mood today, so I must apologize for the tone of my previous note.  Chalk it up to jet lag.  I've been all over the freakin' country lately, and changes to the network are a hell of a way to start the week.  Bleh.  :-/

> And that shows that I know nothing about any network security then.
> :-)  Thanks for the discussion.

Heh.  Do a Google search for 802.1X or EAP or EAPOL (Extensible Authentication Protocol [Over LANs]).  You'll see mostly wireless stuff, but the exact same principles can be applied to a physical Ethernet port.  Very cool.

--J

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