Subject: Re: COMPAQ Wireless card WL110
To: Thomas Michael Wanka <Tom@Wanka.at>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/11/2001 08:10:59
In message <3B9DE272.6772.1CD66D98@localhost>, "Thomas Michael Wanka" writes:
>Hi,
>
>On 11 Sep 2001, at 8:53, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> how much is one A$?
>> anyway looks cheap. but don't look at encryption as it's flaky and
>> some software mechanism should be used if needed (ssh etc..)
>
>one A$ is in the region of one DEM and about 0,4 USD (0,5 USD as 
>of two weeks ago - there too much changes for me) .
>
>What are your concerns about WEP?

It doesn't work.  More precisely, it's very easily cryptanalyzed; 
there's running code, etc.  A passive eavesdropper can crack 128-bit 
WEP with very little effort.

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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