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The radio link is still encrypted so an attacker won’t get much out of it. In fact, it’s a lot easier to tap a cable, DSL or fiber line (which operate without a
by Rjevski 9y ago
The radio link is still encrypted so an attacker won’t get much out of it. In fact, it’s a lot easier to tap a cable, DSL or fiber line (which operate without any encryption unless you put IPSec on top manually) than a mesh link which would be using WPA2 Enterprise with perfect forward secrecy.
- fossuser 9y agoIs it encrypted? https://nycmesh.net/faq/#secure https://nycmesh.net/faq/#secure That seems to suggest otherwise? Unless I don’t understand what network traffic within the mesh means.
- Rjevski 8y agoSeems like anyone with access to the mesh has the keys to decrypt anyone's traffic, but it's still encrypted from an outsider's point of view.
- fossuser 8y agoYes, but anyone can become an insider (and an attacker would). Probably an okay tradeoff given decentralization of network access and maybe could be made better if internal traffic was encrypted somehow, but does seem higher risk.