[TriLUG] hacking vs. using

[Greg Brown]

Today I started to think about hacking 802.11 signals (this all came up 
during a discussion of a 802.11 design in a joking manner).  Anyway, I 
was told "do not hack this network" buy the project manager to which I 
responded "it's a public use frequency, I can do what I want".  
Obviously I was joking, because I am aware of laws against hacking 
802.11 specifically, but then I got to thinking about the nature of 
public frequencies.  Does anyone, especially any of the HAM crew, know 
about laws that state what you can, and cannot, do on these 
frequencies?

I believe that HAM users have priority over 802.11 users in the 2.4 Ghz 
range.  Therefore, I think, that a HAM radio operator could use the 
signal in manner which could effectively cause a denial of service 
attack for the 802.11 users (which there are laws against).  Can anyone 
site a webpage with the laws about what, and cannot, be done on these 
frequencies?

At the very least it seems like the laws conflict each other.

Greg