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The Final 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin?
Posted by: ReMeDy on: 04/09/2007 03:41 PM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ]
eWeeks's Lisa Vaas has an article posted about Wireless (802.11) security feature, WEP heading for the grave yard soon.
I often wonder what our own readers are using for network security on their network? WEP? WPA-PSK? MAC Filtering? Would be interesting hear your response on such an issue.
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| "In the past, the wait time could have been hours, whereas now, it seems to be only a few minutes," Battau said. "Thus, WEP cracking has finally made it into the 'general public' at a reasonable cost [only a few minutes]." |
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locovaca That's what she said Posts: 176 Joined: 2001-07-17 |
#39544 Posted on: 04/07/2007 03:28 AM
Disabled ESSID broadcasts, 63 random character WPA-PSK, and MAC filtering. My neighbors, on the other hand, are either WEP or not protected and name their AP's stuff like "Raleigh Police" as if to scare people from connecting. I would think that people would be more likely to "hack" (IE: connect to the unprotected network) something named like that. |
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N_wEvil Registered User Posts: 98 Joined: 2005-02-16 |
#39545 Posted on: 04/08/2007 09:57 PM
Given half a choice, i'd use GbE. Much faster and the only way someones getting access to it is if they physically plug in. Much easier  Dual Opteron 2218 Tyan s2915 VT Radeon 4870 8gb DDR667 250gb WD sata hdd 750gb Hitachi 7k1000 sata hdd Planar px2611w H-IPS monitor |
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jives BP6 User Posts: 2419 Joined: 2001-05-18 |
#39546 Posted on: 04/09/2007 08:03 PM
You forgot to line the outside of your home with copper mesh and slap on a heavy coat of lead based paint on the outside. 
If you are a business with data to protect then I can see an immediate need to get away from WEP. As home users WEP is still better than nothing. I finally switched to WPA this weekend, it wasn |
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locovaca That's what she said Posts: 176 Joined: 2001-07-17 |
#39547 Posted on: 04/09/2007 09:16 PM
I'm pretty sure that 128 bit WEP is 104 bits plus a 24 bit separate key. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy |
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spazoid Registered User Posts: 108 Joined: 2004-04-29 |
#39548 Posted on: 04/11/2007 09:57 AM
I rely solely on MAC filtering on the home networks that I administer. I can't imagine how it would be possible to crack it unless they gain direct cabled access to my LAN, and I don't have to bother with remembering cryptic passwords (and especially, I don't have to bother with OTHERS remembering the cryptic passwords )
I frequently monitor if there is anyone on my LAN that aren't allowed, but I have yet to discover any intruders. Q6600, Asus P5B-Deluxe, 2x 2GB Corsair PC6400, Inno3D GeForce 285 , Corsair HX520W, Antec P182 Adaptec 31605: 4x Samsung T166 500GB (RAID-5), 2x Seagate 7200.7 200GB (RAID-1) |