Don't rely on WEP for security (was: Re: [SLUG] Notebook WiFi Recommendations?)

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James Gray wrote:

Last weekend I lashed out and bought myself a new toy: A Netcomm 802.11g/b 
access point (supoprts both standards and 128bit WEP too) :)  I also 

It's not quite on-topic but since you mention 128bit WEP - you might 
want to read
the following:

http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html

The bottom line: "We recommend that anyone using an 802.11 wireless 
network not
rely on WEP for security" (this includes "128" bit WEP).

Cheers,

--Amos

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