Derrik Pates wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Andrew Sharp wrote: > > > 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. > > Hardly. The way RC4 is used in the WEP scheme is flawed - the key schedule > can be easily followed, eventually leading to the actual key used. And of > course, the keys are static. It doesn't take long to determine the key, > either. So basically, WEP provides the illusion of security, but if you > actually have something going across the wireless net that someone really > wants, it's not hard for them to get it. Use IPsec or SSH or SSL with > strong crypto if it's important to you - WEP isn't going to help if > someone really cares about it.
You're right, it doesn't. But if you look carefully, you'll notice that that is what I was saying all along. a
