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Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 28 April 2005, 5:31 PM)

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802.11a is not an 'old standard', nor was it ebver touted as secure. 802.11a is simple the same as 802.11g but in a different frequencyt band - 5ghz rather than 2.4 ghz.

wireless network CAN be more secure - all wirless users can be forced to be 'untrusted' and have to authenticate.

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