wi-fi security?

[Derek Broughton]

Brian wrote:

> On Thu 06 Aug 2009 at 10:53:05 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>>                                      but the basic security on the
>>                                      transport
>> should be WPA (which is crackable, too, but considerably harder than
>> WEP).
> 
> This is not the first time I have seen a reference to WPA being crackable
> but I've yet to see techniques (as one gets with WEP) detailing how it is
> achieved. Does 'considerably harder' involve a time frame of tens of
> thousands of years when a strong passphrase is used?

Well, I can't actually check any references right now, as trying to follow 
Google to anything about cracking WPA gets me a Big Brother page that says 
"You have attempted to access a Web site that is outside of the Acceptable 
Use Policy", but "crack wpa" returns lots of results.

As I understand it, it should take _days_ to crack WPA/PSK, as opposed to 
well under an hour for WEP.
-- 
derek