Re: [uug] Wireless Network

Tue, 06 Jan 2004 10:13:07 -0800

I had it explained to me in the my wireless class last semester (CS 668). It's not the key size that is the issue. There is an inherent flaw in the protocol. Let's just say it was not designed by security experts. The flaw means that a cracker only has to explore a very small subset of the key space in order to crack the transmissions, something that I believe they said should only take a few seconds to crack.

Carl

On Jan 6, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Phillip Hellewell wrote:


I know 40-bit WEP is pretty lousy, but what about 128 bit?  Is it just
as insecure?  Well, it wouldn't surprise me...

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