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To: lkj who wrote (33741)	6/30/1999 8:12:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

lkj - Are you implying that what WK is working on is for LAN? If this is the case, then each company needs to have its own base stations, which limits the coverage for such service to local area. Or are you implying that a big service provider, such as Sprint PCS, will allow users to logon to their [the end customer corporation's] Exchange servers over Sprint PCS' wireless infrastructure and Internet backbone? The latter. It is indeed a security issue, but one that I do not understand at more than a rudimentary level. When I asked about it at the shareholder meeting the WK rep did admit it was an issue, but not a major one. Beyond that I cannot comment. Clark

To: lkj who wrote (33741)	7/1/1999 3:35:00 AM
From: Scott Overholser	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

security isn't a huge deal in the case you outline. authentication is performed currently over the public internet. just because it'd be wireless doesn't change anything. most folks on the net today prolly use cleartext authentication for many tasks. encrypted authentication protocols are numerous and - of course - are necessary for the security minded. someone once said something about computer security that made me laugh (i'll paraphrase:) "the only way to secure a computer is to lock it in a steel vault, bury it in a block of concrete 40 feet deep - and even then i wouldn't bet on it." Internet backbone? In the latter case, security would be a big worry.