Re: TOTAL WIRELESS SECURITY

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:37:02 EST, George Capehart said:

> Faraday cages and Tempest shields aren't.  Most institutions that I know
> of that are serious about that solve the problem by RF-proofing the
> areas they want to protect.  Try using a cell phone or pager in some
> sensitive areas of some of the larger banks . . .  ;-)

Somebody else in private mail mentioned a hospital ICU - if the threat
model is "interference with a heart monitor", a Faraday cage doesn't do
much good....

As I said - without knowing more about the threat model, we can't really
help the original poster much...
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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