From: Paul Melson (pmelson@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Oct 21 2007 - 20:26:33 EDT
On 10/21/07, Shenk, Jerry A <jshenk@decommunications.com> wrote:
> Saying "NEVER" in the computer world is pretty dangerous. They've run a
> few tests/contests that are absolutely insane and blow WAY past 10
> miles. Now, in the arena of pen-testing....I don't think 10 miles is a
> reasonable goal although, if I had a client on the side of a mountain
> and I could connect to their network from another mountain 10 miles away
> and penetrate their network, that would be a VERY good case for an
> attack that wouldn't arouse much suspicion about "odd characters"
> hanging around nearby;)
Speaking of mountains:
http://www.unwiredadventures.com/unwire/2005/12/defcon_wifi_sho.html
I guess there's an exception to every rule. Enormous geographic
phenomena aside, you can't throw 10mi ground-to-ground because of the
curvature of the Earth. No matter how kick-ass your antenna is. :)
PaulM
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