On 30/05/07, Neil Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 30/05/07, Andrew Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure someone will mention this next bit so I'll get there first: WEP > has been found to be quite easy to circumvent, so it's not that good a > way of securing a wireless network, but it's better than nothing and > it's still used quite widely. Sorry, but that's not correct. It's not better than nothing - at least with nothing you don't think you're secure! It takes about 2-3 minutes to capture enough wireless traffic to crack WEP now, followed by a few seconds of CPU time. WEP is now totally worthless. If you can, use WPA or WPA-2 instead. If your hardware only supports WEP, don't use it and set up a VPN (virtual private network - this encrypts all the data being sent over the air). I'd guess this is far too technical for the original poster, but I just wanted to point out how broken WEP is. Hwyl, Neil. P.S. If anyone wants slightly more technical info, search theregister.co.uk for the article called "Gone in 120 seconds!", a reference to the 2-3 minutes I mentioned above.
I'm the original poster and I am using a WPA not sure which. --
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