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Status: U From: James Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mac_crypto] Introducing SaferWep Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Id: Macintosh Cryptography <mac_crypto.vmeng.com> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://www.vmeng.com/pipermail/mac_crypto/> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:01:30 -0700 I've put together a package [1] that could help improve the security on WiFi networks which use the Apple AirPort Base Station. SaferWep makes it easy to rotate the base station password periodically with the new password being a SHA1 hash of the date and a shared secret. The idea is to rotate the WEP key faster than someone can crack it. SaferWep includes the software to do this as well as a "client" which will display the current WEP key. SaferWep is written in Java. There is more detailed information in the package's readme file including it's weaknesses as I see them. I'd really appreciate feedback and/or criticism especially if I've missed something obvious about this approach. SaferWep is based on the excellent AirPort Base Station Configurator [2]. [1] http://wirerimmed.com/saferwep [2] http://edge.mcs.drexel.edu/GICL/people/sevy/airport/ -James _______________________________________________ mac_crypto mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vmeng.com/mailman/listinfo/mac_crypto --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
