Subject: We've just been slashdot'ed ... Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:11:19 +0100 From: webmaster [ In case you have not come across it, /. is a kind of news service for nerds. When something is mentioned, the referenced site is hammered by people from all over following the link ... ] [ Encryption ] Posted by CmdrTaco on 99-10-20 17:18 BST from the stuff-to-read dept. Asmodeus writes "Those boys at Cambridge have done it again. The Resurrecting Duckling (where do they get these names ?) is a description of the security problems in ad-hoc wireless networks with some nifty solutions to the problems." Its a really interesting techie bit actually. Talks about problems with low power, wireless boxes. Its strange to think that in wireless world, for example a denial of service attack could be anything designed to drain your battery. We have had 10K hits since 17:18 (in fact 17:18:17 was the first !) It doesn't seem to have made march break into a sweat yet ...