my router hates me [SUCCESS] (Beat the dead horse... :)

Dale Farnsworth dale at farnsworth.org
Sun Jun 14 21:05:54 MST 2009


> And now the question of a WAP ignorant:
> What will WAP buy me that WEP won't?

WEP can be decrypted by an attacker in minutes.  Practically, it's
no more secure than communicating in the open.  WPA is reasonably
secure, but WPA2 is better.  Use WEP only if you have no other
option (old hardware) and then recognize that intruders can readily
eavesdrop and spoof you.

-Dale


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