NetStumbler.org Forums - View Single Post

Thorn · 08-06-2004

WEP is not as bad as the nay-sayers would have you believe. It is hardly a great encryption method, but it takes a fair amount of traffic (~4GB) to break it, and the some packets have to be "weak" or "interesting" packets. Most modern firmware eliminates such packets, so it's not really a problem unless you have old firmware and a lot a traffic.

08-06-2004	#10 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,359	WEP is not as bad as the nay-sayers would have you believe. It is hardly a great encryption method, but it takes a fair amount of traffic (~4GB) to break it, and the some packets have to be "weak" or "interesting" packets. Most modern firmware eliminates such packets, so it's not really a problem unless you have old firmware and a lot a traffic. __________________ Thorn "Read Altas Shrugged. Compare it to today. Repeat as necessary"