I can't imaging it would be hard for a determined person to hack it. Since you don't know the frequency it will hop to next, all you have to do is have the resources to listen to all possible frequencies that it uses, record all of them, and use some sort of algoritm to reassemble from there. Use IPSec over your wireless link. It makes frequency hopping unneccesary, and offers much higher security. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael J. Mimbach II [mailto:michael at mimbach.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:27 PM > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > Subject: [TCWUG] Frequency Hopping Security > > > Wondering about everybodies feeling on 802.11 FHSS and its > security? To > this day I dont think anybody has hacked it. > Does anybody know anything different? > > Michael J. Mimbach II > KC0JRE > Senior RF/Network Engineer > michael at mimbach.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> > To: <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 2:42 PM > Subject: RE: [TCWUG] [Fw: [nycwireless] the wireless-est > place on earth?] > > > > I can see the TV commercial now.... > > > > Kevin Mitnick's probation ends, the news media crowd him > and one asks > > "Kevin, what are you going to do now?" > > > > I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!!! > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nate Carlson [mailto:natecars at real-time.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:54 PM > > > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > > Subject: RE: [TCWUG] [Fw: [nycwireless] the wireless-est > > > place on earth?] > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Austad, Jay wrote: > > > > I hope they're using something other than WEP for their > encryption. > > > > They mention they use 128-bit encryption, but they > didn't say what > > > > they were using. WEP is broken. And SSL is vulnerable to > > > man in the > > > > middle attacks. An attacker could have a field day just > sitting in > > > > their parking lot. > > > > > > Yeah, I mentioned that to Carl. :) > > > > > > If they are smart, they've got an IPSec endpoint after each > > > wireless gateway.. but I doubt it. > > > > > > Anyone going to Disney World soon? > > > > > > -- > > > Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 > > > http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - > > > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org > > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > > https://mailman.real-> time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > http://www.tcwug.org > > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - > Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >