> Eric Rescorla wrote:
Ian Grigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I'm almost convinced that WEP is a failure, but I think it retains some residual value.
I agree. After all, I occasionally come upon a network I'd like to use and WEP stops me cause I'm too lazy. On the other hand, MAC restrictions would have done just as well for that.
I find WEP very useful for one thing -- given the habit of many wireless clients to opportunistically jump onto any network they happen to find, turning on WEP keeps users from accidentally "falling" onto networks by mistake. This saves a lot of confusion if you have the occaisional research network with say, different firewalling properties than a user might expect, or one that doesn't actually route to the outside world. And it's easier to manage than MAC filtering.
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