Re: [NTLK] Wireless Cards Galore!

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

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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.

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