Ars Technica

Using multiple WEP keys

Does anyone know how common it is for wireless networks to use multiple WEP keys? And how do they cycle between them? Google shows references to using dynamic WEP keys, and tumbling WEP keys, but ...
Network World

Do you need four WEP keys per access point?

Q: An option in our access point interface calls for the configuration of four WEP keys. Why would you need four instead of one? Is it in order to share the encryption/decryption load across clients?
ZDNet

At last, real wireless LAN security

The freedom of wireless networking is enticing, but the accompanying risks are daunting. If you're running a wireless LAN on the 802.11 standards, you may think your organization is secure. Think ...
Network World

You know you shouldn’t still be using WEP – Here’s another reason

I heard about a new WEP cracking technique. Can you explain it? WEP has been generally recognized as broken since 2001 when Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir, commonly known as FMS, published their paper ...
ZDNet

German researchers put final nail in WEP

A group of German cryptographic researchers (Erik Tews, Andrei Pychkine, and Ralf-Philipp Weinmann) at the cryptography and computer algebra group at the technical university Darmstadt in Germany have ...
CSOonline

PCI Council to Merchants: Kiss Your WEP Goodbye

Bob Russo and Troy Leach of the PCI Security Standards Council explain why ending WEP is key to bolstering wireless security The security savvy know WEP is full of holes and shouldn’t be used. That’s ...
Ars Technica

Enabling WEP on a Linksys Router

I tried to search this forum, but did not find any entries.<BR><BR>I would like to know how to enable WEP on my Linksys Wireless router and how do I get my Linksys wireless adapter to recognize my ...
Computerworld

Encryption: The Achilles’ Heel of Wireless

Michael Murphy, director of information systems support services at Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, parent company to more than 300 hotels in North America, would like to use stronger ...
InfoWorld

WEP security is mere clicks away, in Windows

Ah, the joys of aging: seeing friends who haven’t laid eyes on you in a few months or even years and hearing, “Geez, you’ve certainly got a lot of gray hair.” That’s always a mood booster. Then I ...
InfoWorld

Cafe Latte attack steals data from Wi-Fi PCs

If you use a secure wireless network, hackers may be able to steal data from your computer in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee. At the Toorcon hacking conference in San Diego this coming ...
Computerworld

Cafe Latte attack steals data from Wi-Fi users

If you use a secure wireless network, hackers may be able to steal data from your computer in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee. At the Toorcon hacking conference in San Diego this coming ...