James A. Donald[SMTP:jamesd@echeque.com] wrote:

Reading the Wifi report, http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/pdf/Wi- Fi_Protected_Access_Overview.pdf it seems their customers stampeded them and demanded that the security hole be fixed, fixed a damned lot sooner than they intended to fix it.

I am struck the contrast between the seemingly strong demand for wifi security, compared to the almost complete absence of demand for email security.

Why is it so?

--digsig James A. Donald

How many stories have you read in the last year about non-LEOs stealing email? How many stories in the last year have you read about wardriving? Further, tapping into 802.11b nets * gives the attacker access to your internal network. You already know what you're sending in email, and eavesdropping on data you've already decided to send to someone else feels different than someone trolling through your file system without your knowledge. * requires that the tapper be more or less nearby physically. This feels a lot different than worrying that a distant router is compromised. Peter Trei --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com