Re: airport / pcmcia ?

[Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com>]

Colin Walters wrote:
> 
> Michael Flaig <mflaig@uni.de> writes:
> 
> > Well ... no encryption is bad :-( Everyone with a laptop in front of
> > my door could sniff my network, or isn´t it so easy ?
> 
> As I understand it, WEP is bad becuase the key size is far too small.
> This means an attacker would only have to make a slight amount of
> effort to break the encryption through brute force.

Which is better than no encryption, hello.  Also, the key size is
not fixed but only depends on how you set it up.  A key size of 40
bits prevents casual sniffing of your "conversations" while not
adding significant cost to the parts.  A key size of 128 bits
prevents any timely cracking of your network traffic, and access
points with that capability are ~$250.  SMC makes a decent one.

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