Encryption keys are useful though many people may not know how to use them. Anyone that has a wireless network in their home should use the Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm. WEP uses a secret key that is shared between a computer and a wireless access point. The key is used to encrypt data before it is transmitted. Without it anyone that is close enough to receive the signal with a wireless device can "sniff" the network. Todd D.Stott -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- -- File: [citw150] CITW 150 L3, Q6 Return-Path: <citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Received: from pmxmail.lcc.edu by suburban.lcc.edu with ESMTP id 8429361107641965; Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:19:25 -0500 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by pmxmail.lcc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j15MU093031534; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:30:00 -0500 (envelope-from citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id E3C7E6CCFD; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14071-10; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 6B4AD6C942; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:59 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list citw150); Sat, 05 Feb 2005 17:29:56 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Delivered-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 2E47A6CC91 for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14077-03 for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.158]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id F204F6C942 for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mxip08.cluster1.charter.net (mxip08a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.138]) by mxsf33.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j15MTtmq030231 for <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:29:55 -0500 Received: from fep04.charter.net (HELO 209.225.8.224) (209.225.8.84) by mxip08.cluster1.charter.net with SMTP; 05 Feb 2005 17:29:55 -0500 Message-Id: <3k77vr$hqlcvf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,180,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="598389743:sNHT12009728" X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.12 (webedge20-101-197-20030912) From: <wieberb@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [citw150] CITW 150 L3, Q6 Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:29:55 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-archive-position: 450 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Errors-To: citw150-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx X-original-sender: wieberb@xxxxxxxxxxx Precedence: normal Reply-To: citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx X-list: citw150 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-PMX-Version: 4.6.1.107272, Antispam-Core: 4.6.1.106808, Antispam-Data: 2005.2.5.5 Encryption Through the use of encryption people can feel extremely protected of their privacy. Encryption systems scramble your e-mail by altering the characters in your message. The only people who can read it are the one's that know the encryption key to decode the message. Although it is not totally fool proof it does prevent it from being sniffed. This is why the government doesn't like encryption because they can't monitor the e-mails for security against terrorism unless they have a court order to decode it. For more information visit: http://www.cdt.org/crypto/ Brian Wieber