[WEB4LIB] RE: The Wireless Future of Library Computing

[Drew, Bill]

Very TRUE!!  You must pick a technology and a vendor that provides
encryption of the data.  There are also new IEEE standards being worked on
(802.11i).  According to ZDnet Tech Update it will be available in off the
shelf technology later this year.

Bill Drew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl Friesen [mailto:Darryl.Friesen at usask.ca]
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:08 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: The Wireless Future of Library Computing

> That doesn't mean that any of it is secure.  Unless there is 
> some form of
> encryption used, anyone could walk in off the street and 
> sniff your network
> traffic (for passwords, patron information, sensitive data etc).
>