On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 10:02, 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 only current way to secure wireless is to turn off wep, make the wireless network a complete dmz (no access to anything anywhere) and then establish a vpn to a vpn server within the dmz that bridges you through into the real network. Michael > > Hopefully that new one they are talking about gets standardized pretty > soon. I can't remember what it is called. > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 09:52:56AM -0700, Carl Youngblood wrote: > > > > > >Now you just need to figure out how to connect to an AP that used a > > >password to calculate the WEP key. I don't know what kind of hashing > > >algorithm or what linksys uses when you type in a password for your AP > > >and it converts it into a key. > > > > > WEP is so insecure that, if you can at all avoid using it, you should. > > It provides no additional security and just slows down your connection. > > But I guess you would still want to connect to an AP that has this > > turned on, even if it is a bad idea. > > > > Carl > > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
