[MLB-WIRELESS] Contact with Swinburne Lilydale

[Daniel Pittman]

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Tony Langdon wrote:
>> Web access - yes, but you have to authenticate with the proxy
> 
> I forgot to mention that only approved sites can be accessed from that
> subnet via the proxy - and direct web access is blocked. :)

Er, you don't happen to authenticate with the proxy in clear-text on a
shared broadcast mechanism like 802.11, do you?

OTOH, this restriction makes it much safer because you don't lose much
when the password is sniffed. 

Just ... curious. :)
        Daniel

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