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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by transpute on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @10:27PM (#27125960)
Should there be a resistor (100K? 1M?) on the connection between shield and ground?
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Re:FragAttacks: new security vulnerabilities that affect wi-... by XorNot on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:40PM (#27126331)
I am not an electrical engineer, but AFAIK no. You want your ground path to be the favored path, rather then say, a sweaty human hand if there's a short.
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