Well,

> I'd be more scared of the hacker that can bypass wep,
>
> than the average joe without wep.
>
> The hacker knows how to exploit your wep-decrypted network traffic,
>
> the average joe doesn't even if it were plain-text data.
>
it's not always about sniffing something, sometimes it's about
access only.
If somebody does something bad with my unencrypted access-point
using my internet-access, here in germany I am liable.
If I configure feeble WEP64/40 I am not since there is at least
some "protection" to be illegaly bypassed before the network can
be used.

Same with your car, leave the door open and the key in the lock for
everybody even minor to drive and the accident will be your problem
since the car hasn't been stolen. Lock the car and not matter if you
can short and open the thing with your fingers only it's a different
story since the car is "stolen".

So even though WEP is trash, from certain points of view it's a usefull
as a cheap padlock on the garden hood so the next neighbours children
don't kill themself with the axe or whatever is in there. If they
break the window and get in there, it's their problem. Not that this
is a lot more difficult then cracking WEP. /pun Cracking windows just
makes more noise.

Of course this is all a bit simplified but maybe some of the people
here declaring that WEP is trash and shouldn't be used wake up and
see that even "trashy" protection has it's use as long as it offers
"some" protection.

-sm

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