Re: Wireless device vulnerability?

["John Lampe" <j_lampe () bellsouth net>]

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> After all, you'll never be safe from jamming or eavesdropping on a
> shared media. You'll never get 100 % security, but with today's
> wireless networks, jamming is >very hard and will require
> sophisticated equipment.  

You speak of jamming at layer 1.  What about jamming at layer 2 using
RTS/CTS?  I've never tried it, but it seems as if you could flood an
AP with RTS's and disrupt (read: jam) normal communications in that
manner...


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