On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 10:25 PM 4/11/2003 +0530, you wrote: > >But from a cracker's perspective, the 128 bit WEP system is as easy to > >crack as 40 bit. > > 1. Why? Because people who know how to crack such things can do it easially. The protocol is poorly designed wrt security. > 2. Is there any way to prevent such cracking? Yes, turn it off and use something else. > 3. If there is an inherent flaw in the WEP protocol, do 802.11a or 802.11g > share such a flaw? I do not know, but it would not suprise me. > 4. Is there a way to patch or upgrade to avoid that flaw? See above. You might also want to look at NoCatAuth. I am currently investigating it. It looks interesting to me. Anyone using it?? -- .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 We are still waiting ....
