Re: airport / pcmcia ?
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote:
> 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.
Sorry, but you are wrong. 128-bit WEP encryption can be broken in a few
minutes using everyday desktop CPUs and any 802.11b radio. Anyone relying
on WEP to secure their traffic is fooling themselves.
-jwb
Reply to: