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Well, I got 64-bit encryption -- Gold Level -- running already -- verrrry niiiiiiice!!!! And the IP address of my posts is that of my router (which is my gateway/firewall/proxy), NOT my workstation, which is 10.n.n.n anyway (not routable)...

But I agree, 802.11a/b/c is not security-ready, yet -- but on the other hand, I am a nobody who no one even knows I exist yet anyway; should I flatter myself to think that there are people out there just waiting to get into my home network via 802.11b, to see...what? My MP3's??

They can't get at me via my cable modem connection; I have a two-layer firewall, and I have disabled all the Microtrash that sends like a beacon in the night: "I'm here!!!"

But, just in case, I am running tripwires and intrusion detectors...;)

ALL networking is a tradeoff...anytime you connect 2 devices with wires and don't restrict two-way comm, you have a security risk...It's just too convenient for me to be able to be mobile for at least a couple of hundred yards...

I am a nobody who no one even knows I exist yet anyway;

Bit, meet the world. World, meet Bit.

They don't care about you, per se. We... er.. they want your bandwidth. Very evil people. Nasty persons. About 5'9", red hair, oops.... Swarthy persons... that's it.

/john