UK courts in Wi-Fi trial

Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a three-year
pilot scheme with BT.

The trial will include the Royal Courts of Justice, Southwark, Birmingham
and Swansea Crown Courts and Winchester, Liverpool and Leeds Combined Courts
where users will pay to use the service.

It is the first time public Wi-Fi access has been made available in
government buildings. The BT Openzone hotspots have been installed in the
public areas of court buildings and court minister Christopher Leslie said
it is another step in the court modernisation programme.

"Lawyers, jurors, expert witnesses and the public will be able to access the
internet or their office files while waiting to be called to court. It makes
delay during proceedings more productive and less inconvenient for those
attending court," he said in a statement.

More at http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0...9121447,00.htm

Regards
Sunil

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a three-year
> pilot scheme with BT.

Is there something I haven't heard about improved wi-fi security?
Otherwise it's hard to see how they can guarantee the security of what
will presumably be a lot of very sensitive files.

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"Tim Hodgson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:thnews-(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a
three-year
> > pilot scheme with BT.
>
> Is there something I haven't heard about improved wi-fi security?
> Otherwise it's hard to see how they can guarantee the security of what
> will presumably be a lot of very sensitive files.
>
> --
> TimH

Hi Tim

yes there are government approved mechanisms for wireless link - Barron
McCann is one of them

Cheers, Mike

The entity currently known as Tim Hodgson wrote:

> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> "Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a
>> three-year pilot scheme with BT.
>
> Is there something I haven't heard about improved wi-fi security?
> Otherwise it's hard to see how they can guarantee the security of what
> will presumably be a lot of very sensitive files.

I'd imagine law firms will have their own security systems in place
for remote access, such as ssh tunneling, or vpn. And as for
guaranteeing security, well, that's hardly the responsibility of BT,
the hotspot provider, is it?

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Iain A F Fleming

In article <b2iAc.16155$(E-Mail Removed)>,
"fred bloggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Tim Hodgson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:thnews-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Is there something I haven't heard about improved wi-fi security?
> > Otherwise it's hard to see how they can guarantee the security of what
> > will presumably be a lot of very sensitive files.
> >
>
> yes there are government approved mechanisms for wireless link - Barron
> McCann is one of them
>
Ah. In other words, yes, there is quite a lot I haven't heard about
wi-fi security

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