Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!idiotix.cs.uoregon.edu!chris From: chris@idiotix.cs.uoregon.edu (chris hecht) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: Apple's FCC request Message-ID: <1991Apr17.202011.20724@cs.uoregon.edu> Date: 17 Apr 91 20:20:11 GMT References: <14130@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <1991Apr11.140850@ap.co.umist.ac.uk> <14937@life.ai.mit.edu> Sender: usenet@cs.uoregon.edu (Netnews Owner) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon Lines: 8 Just a thought on radio based networks: What is to stop someone from walking into a building with a radio net and hiding a little xmitter which puts out a Chernoble(sp?) packet every half hour or so. The network would grind to a halt, then be shut down and powered up again, just in time for another packet o' death. Chris