On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, at 3:46pm, Alex Hewitt USG wrote:
> Even though WEP is considered a very weak standard, it's better than
> nothing.
Some have argued that you are, in fact, better off with nothing, as WEP
simply gives you a false sense of security.
In my opinion, it depends mostly on what you are protecting. For a home
connection that you really don't care about, WEP is likely to be adequate.
For a business, forget it.
> In order for someone to break down your WEP security, they need to capture
> an hour or more of your traffic.
From what I have heard, some of the poorer WEP implementations can
actually be cracked in minutes. I don't understand the details, but I guess
it has something to do with the randomness of some initial numbers or
something...
("I read it on the Internet, it has to be true!")
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