I will be happy to get such answers. Thanks, Alon
>From: Gene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [BAWUG] wireless network security
>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:34:20 -0800
>
>Let's see, if I remember correctly, "64bits" isn't really 64bits,
>it's 40bits, and "128" is somewhere in the order of 104bits or so.
>And wasn't 256bit, proprietary [differs among manufacturers]?
>
>Anyways, I think I read somewhere that with airsnort, it takes
>roughly an hour or so for the "64bit" one, assuming u have a 1GHz
>(x86) machine and about a gig of encrypted data packets.
>
>I'm sure there's someone on the list who can give u a more accurate
>number.
>
>And "128" will take a month or more (though in those cases, p2p or
>clusters are used to do it to reduce the time).
>
>"256" of course makes a harder (duh).
>
>However, all this is assuming there isn't a flaw in the algorithm
>(or a back door sort of thing) and requires bruteforce (as opposed
>to a dictionary or plaintext attack; which can be as fast as
>licky-split).
>
>G.
>
>Russ Button wrote:
>[snipped]
>>How long does it take someone with a good laptop
>>to crack WEP encryption at:
>>
>>64 bit
>>128 bit
>>256 bit
>
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