Re: wireless policies

["Steve" <securityfocus () delahunty com>]

Tactical field units like the 82nd Airborne make use of wireless networks
that are not necessarily authorized and can likely easily be hacked.  Yes -
I am somewhat off topic.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>
To: "Alessandro Bottonelli" <a.bottonelli () axis-net it>
Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com>; <netethix () iprimus com au>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: wireless policies


In my PERSONAL view (having retired from the military after 20 years), I
would not want to be associated with a broadcast unit in a tactical
environment which would provide targetting information.  That it was
encrypted would not matter to an anti-radiation missile.

Alessandro Bottonelli wrote:

> I am supporting a military client of mine on a very similar task.



-- 
James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
phone: (410) 684-6566

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