WEP key encryption

Andrew Glen-Young aglenyoung at gmail.com
Tue Oct 9 22:56:37 UTC 2007


On 09/10/2007, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Considering WEP is so badly broken these days storing a password for it
> in the clear is pretty much inconsequential.  Hopefully WPA was
> considered as an option?
>

So very, very broken. There are many documented cases of breaking WEP
keys within 60 seconds.
I assume that the choice of WEP is less of a choice, but more of a
mandate from the tone of the original email.

- A.




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