Airport 64-bit WEP support ?

[Neil Laubenthal]

On Jan 28, 2007, at 20:31, Matt Johnston wrote:

>
> On 29 Jan 2007, at 01:03, Rosyna wrote:
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>> Sobbish hysteria? It often takes less than a ten minutes to crack  
>> WEP with commonly available tools. Sometimes less than a minute.  
>> It is not secure in any meaning of the word.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy#Flaws
>
> And sometimes WPA/WPA2 are not available. Sometimes WEP is all you  
> have.
>
> WEP is something you can have to stop the casual wardriver. It's  
> not going to stop the dedicated hacker and frankly, you've got more  
> to worry about if you have one of those on your tail.

I agree . . .in fact WAP won't stop a dedicated hacker either. All  
you can do is defense in depth . . .to make your network less  
attractive for abuse than the next guy. Turn on MAC fltering, use the  
strongest encryption you can, disable SSID broadcast and go from there.