Re: [NTLK] Wireless Cards Galore!

From: Brett Hutley (brett_at_hutley.net)
Date: Thu Apr 01 2004 - 12:43:08 PST


Martin Joseph wrote:
> On Apr 1, 2004, at 6:17 AM, Evan Scott wrote:
>
>>WEP is important, though. Anybody who
>>has a WiFI network should have this switched on, IMHO. Just too risky
>>otherwise.
>>
>
>
> Actually WEP is kind of a joke. Any hacker worth his/her salt can
> crack it in a matter of minutes.

Actually with AirSnort, I believe you need about 5 hours of
"interesting" traffic.

> That why vendors are now switching to WPA.

Yup. Or VPN over your wireless connection.

-- 
Brett Hutley [MAppFin,CISSP,SANS GCIH]
mailto:brett_at_hutley.net
http://hutley.net/brett
-- 
This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries
Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles: http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Thu Apr 01 2004 - 14:00:00 PST