On 4/10/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This isn't that new. They've been able to break WEP for some time and always > pretty fast.
>From here: http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=121519&WT.svl=cmpnews2_2 "The researchers claim to be able to recover a 104 bit WEP key with 50% using just 40,000 captured packets (which they claim is about a minute of capture time), only 85,000 packets were needed to achieve an accuracy of about 95%. Compared to previous WEP cracking models, which required anywhere from 500,000 to 6,000,000 packets, the work of Tews, Pychkine and Weinmann is pretty impressive. " That's 12.5 to 70 times faster, it seems. Yes, WEP has always been insecure, it just became a lot more insecure this weekend, and that's the "news" Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232233 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
