disruptive

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There are some attacks possible -- disruptive, not hijacking -- for both tunneled EAP methods, but they're much stronger than LEAP and anything else in the field right now.

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  1. adjective Relating to, causing, or produced by disruption.

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  • There are some attacks possible -- disruptive, not hijacking -- for both tunneled EAP methods, but they're much stronger than LEAP and anything else in the field right now. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • Spam is not allowed: Spamming includes multiple disruptive, meaningless or repetitive messages, or messages posted solely for solicitation.
  • : Steve Gillmor talks about the disruptive effect that Web logs have on information flow -- disruptive to the status quo. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • What is the opportunity to be disruptive -- changing the economics, the business model, the market perception in a way that renders such barriers as the unaffordability and inconvenience of "going green" moot? —  GreenBiz.com Green Business News
  • It's nothing less than disruptive, and it's causing quite a stir in IT architecture and application developer circles, too. —  BeyeNETWORK Content
 

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