Wireless router - WAP or WEP?

[Derek Broughton]

alan c wrote:

> Nigel Ridley wrote:
>> I'm setting up a wireless router and want to know which works best
>> with Hardy 8.04 -- WAP or WEP?
> 
> I have just been looking into this for a friend and this is typical
> information:
> 
> Is there a new Wifi hack tool out? WEP+MAC Filter failures (2007)
> http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=242736&messageID=2457489

New?  WEP has _never_ been secure.  I would bet I could hack a WEP-
secured access point in an hour (provided someone is using it) - and 
that without having any of the tools currently on my system (except 
wireshark), or having tried it before.  The experts can do it in 10 
minutes or less.
-- 
derek