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Thaler
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Re: Does it really matter?
"I mean, If I really wanted to wardrive a house (and use the connection), I'd just keep driving and find a house that is wide open, rather than try to spend time busting WEP encryption..."
Yea, but if you're specifically looking to bust into a specific network (ie. sabotage on a competing business) WEP isn't going to cut it. WPA is a whole lot more secure, but I'm sure given enough time...folks can get in through that. (thus why you don't see SMART networks w/ confidential information running wireless these days)
I'm all for 801.11i, if they can somehow guarantee a security level equivolent to that of a wired network...that way all businesses can partake of a wireless network without shattin' a brick over security. | |
Nerdtalker
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| said by Thaler  :
Yea, but if you're specifically looking to bust into a specific network (ie. sabotage on a competing business) WEP isn't going to cut it. WPA is a whole lot more secure, but I'm sure given enough time...folks can get in through that.
I'm not sure how penetrable WPA is, but I agree with what you said about WEP, I believe you have to capture around 5 million packets (so sit around for a while)...
Even just AirSnort can find the key for you if you are determined...
In all my travels, I've seen only 27 AP's with encryption, WEP at that, I've seen 0 with WPA... Sad...
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