Re: Linksys wireless ?

[Tom Diehl <tdiehl rogueind com>]

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> At 10:25 PM 4/11/2003 +0530, you wrote:
> >But from a cracker's perspective, the 128 bit WEP system is as easy to
> >crack as 40 bit.
> 
> 1. Why?

Because people who know how to crack such things can do it easially. The protocol
is poorly designed wrt security.

> 2. Is there any way to prevent such cracking?

Yes, turn it off and use something else.

> 3. If there is an inherent flaw in the WEP protocol, do 802.11a or 802.11g 
> share such a flaw?

I do not know, but it would not suprise me.

> 4. Is there a way to patch or upgrade to avoid that flaw?

See above. You might also want to look at NoCatAuth. I am currently
investigating it.

It looks interesting to me. Anyone using it??

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