On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 09:02, 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...
The lousiness of WEP doesn't stem from its key size. Granted, 40 bits is pathetically small. The real problem is that there are fundamental algorithm problems and by simply listening to encrypted packets you can recover the key in whole, and in a surprisingly short amount of time. The FAQ for Airsnort[1] is extremely enlightening. Corey 1. http://airsnort.shmoo.com/faq.html ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
