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In article <jenn_b.5@aci_1.aci.ns.ca> jenn_b@aci_1.aci.ns.ca (JENNIFER BAKER) writes:
   What are some of the security measures to consider when dealing with 
   WIRELESS LANS.

Well, the usual questions concern issues like 
	- how sensitive is your data?
	- what kinds of threats are you worried about?
		(including, e.g., who's listening, how good are they, 
		loss-of-service?  jamming?  interference?)
	- how far are you broadcasting?
	- how near are your neighbors
	- how fast is your data rate?
	- what's on the LAN?  email only?  telnet with passwords?  NFS?

If you want a product plug, AT&T / NCR's WaveLAN product uses
spread-spectrum radio, which is hard to intercept and relatively
tolerant of noise and other LANs in the same area,
and offers an optional DES encryption chip (US only, I assume)
to provide much better security.  I forget the bit rate,
but it's about 2 mb/s, and the PC plugin cards emulate the standard 
PC Ethernet cards, so it's protocol-transparent, just a bit slower.
I think the range is around 200-300 meters for broadcast and 
10 km for line-of-sight with a directional antenna.
Email me if you want more details; I'll try to find some product literature.
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