802.11 Wireless WEP 'Completely Insecure'

[Warren Togami]

Is there an easy, automated way of resetting your base station in this
fashion?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wiecking" <bill at mahi.damien.edu>
To: "Warren Togami" <warren at togami.com>

> >AT&T Intern discovers that the WEP protocol is weak, and the WEP secret
key
> >cannot be secured, regardless of the key bit length used.  The
implications
> >are clear.  WEP alone cannot adequately protect your wireless network
from
> >sniffing and unauthorized access.
>
> Hi
> This is accurate, but you still need 6 hours' packet capture data to
> initiate a WEP decoding attack. We reset the MHPCC wireless base
> every 5 hours for just that reason.
> aloha
> b
>