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$160 Billion Robotic Army Network Passes First Big Test. Kinda.

2008-04-30 04:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...radios, there was a collective sigh of relief that the radios even worked -- this according to one FCS insider who spoke on background Last weeks desert test comes at a critical time for Future Combat Systems. Mounting criticism from the GAO plus the growing cost of fixing and upgrading the Armys current war-weary vehicle fleet -- $120...
 
Tags: fcs network devices, fcs, network, fcs network hardware, test, radios, network radios, army, fcs coffers
 
 
 
 
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Skyhook Expands Wi-Fi Positioning to Cell, GPS

2008-06-30 10:25:33 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
 
...radios, and cell tower signals for better location: The pitch at Skyhook Wireless is that despite its accuracy, satellite-based GPS remains relatively expensive, that it's slow to get a fix when it powers up, and that it's not accurate enough in the middle of cities. Their XPS 2.0 system leverages GPS with the advantages of Skyhook's Wi-Fi...
 
Tags: gps, wi-fi, a-gps, stand-alone gps gear, gps system grab, skyhook, gps-only device, gps chips, gps radios
 
 
 
 
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Got Entropy ?

2008-04-02 02:55:47 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...radios). But, for reasons beyond our scope, you never use a direct physical observation as the RNG. You have to de-skew and whiten the data prior to sampling it. Here is the process that I use Collect about 3 minutes of video ( about 130 MB data Using a random key and IV, encrypt the data ( using openssl & AES-128-CBC Discard the first 32k of...
 
Tags: entropy, random, 32-byte random, byte, hardware random, entropy sources, sequence, random sequence, pull entropy
 
 
 
 
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Tracking Vehicles through Tire Pressure Monitors

2008-04-10 06:29:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...radios in cell phones can be used to track their owners? The problem with TPMS is incomparably bigger, because the lifespan of a typical cell phone is around 2 years and you can turn the Bluetooth radio off in most of them. On the contrary, TPMS cannot be turned off. It comes with a built-in battery that lasts 7 to 10 years, and the...
 
Tags: battery-less tpms sensors, tpms, vehicle transportation authorities, easily readable, typical cell phone, readable, fair distance, built-in battery, transmitters power
 
 
 
 
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Metro Round-Up: St. Louis, Minneapolis, Tempe

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2008-04-12 21:15:38 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...radios praised in Minneapolis deployment: Okay, they're praised mostly by BelAir and its customer USI Wireless. That's buttressed by details from a Novarum survey of the city that was done before the network was complete over a limited area Tempe moves to cancel Gobility's contract: The city could choose to take ownership of the network, but...
 
Tags: city, city-wide wi-fi network, network, deployment city-wide, city official, downtown wi-fi network, cancel, cancel gobility, gobility
 
 
 
 
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Corpus Christi Cuts EarthLink's Cord

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2008-04-14 15:46:27 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...radios die and equipment needs to be moved. I would expect a cost in the hundreds of thousands for a 147 sq mi network
 
Tags: support municipal purposes, municipal purposes, earthlink, municipal, municipal networks based, corpus christi, network, wi-fi network, city council
 
 
 
 
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NASA moves to save computers from swarming ants

2008-05-17 00:00:00 by HASH0x847315c in Network World on Security
 
A flood of voracious ants is heading straight for Houston, taking out computers, radios and even vehicles in their path
 
Tags: computers, voracious ants, vehicles, houston, path, radios, flood, straight
 
 
 
 
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Metro Round-Up: Phila., Minneapolis, St. Louis Park (Minn.), Texas, Foster City (Calif.), Naperville (Ill.), Chehalis and Centralia (Wash.), Cambria C

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2008-06-11 14:33:41 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...radios are removed as electrical wires are buried. (The reporter here confuses broadband over powerlines (BPL) with broadband wireless.) The system might be restarted later Craig Settles writes up Pennsylvania's Cambria County wireless success: This is a network built for particular municipal purposes, part of Settles's long-time drumbeat...
 
Tags: city, big-city network, residents oppose wi-fi, wi-fi, mount wi-fi radios, wi-fi hotzones, wi-fi network, network, network hardware
 
 
 
 
 
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