Comments on: Cracking WEP now takes less than 1 minute http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Owen http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-69654 Owen Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:06:19 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-69654 @anon: Well, the last WEP key I cracked was to download my email, so I don't agree with your generalisation. Do you have any proof to back that up? @anon: Well, the last WEP key I cracked was to download my email, so I don’t agree with your generalisation. Do you have any proof to back that up?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-69651 Anonymous Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:29:40 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-69651 You do know the people who go round cracking your lazyily decided wep keys are the same people who download child porn on your line and give you a serious headache.. You do know the people who go round cracking your lazyily decided wep keys are the same people who download child porn on your line and give you a serious headache..

]]> By: Chris http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-4668 Chris Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:33:13 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-4668 Definitely: It's like those steering locks on your car - they take seconds to defeat, but hopefully persuade the thief to try the next car which hasn't got one... Definitely: It’s like those steering locks on your car – they take seconds to defeat, but hopefully persuade the thief to try the next car which hasn’t got one…

]]> By: owen http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-4605 owen Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:07:57 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-4605 To tell you the truth, I'm quite happy to live with WEP even knowing it's limitations. I don't really have anything top secret to protect, and anyone with the toolz/skillz to crack WEP is probably going to go after more juicy targets than my home network! To tell you the truth, I’m quite happy to live with WEP even knowing it’s limitations. I don’t really have anything top secret to protect, and anyone with the toolz/skillz to crack WEP is probably going to go after more juicy targets than my home network!

]]> By: Chris Merriman http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-4601 Chris Merriman Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:44:27 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-4601 When I lived in the UK, I left my network unlocked for any neighbours who wanted to use my unlimited ADSL connection. Now living in Kazakhstan, I only get 700 meg a month. However, the highest encryption level on my oldest wi-fi device (an iPAQ) is WEP, so I've used that in conjunction with whitelisting all of my device's MAC address on the AP. I'm aware that MACs can be spoofed, and now it looks like it'll take any time at all for my encryption to be brute-forced, I'm just hoping the lack of geeks in this country will protect me till I get around to finding a decent CF WiFi card for the PPC :> When I lived in the UK, I left my network unlocked for any neighbours who wanted to use my unlimited ADSL connection.
Now living in Kazakhstan, I only get 700 meg a month.
However, the highest encryption level on my oldest wi-fi device (an iPAQ) is WEP, so I’ve used that in conjunction with whitelisting all of my device’s MAC address on the AP.
I’m aware that MACs can be spoofed, and now it looks like it’ll take any time at all for my encryption to be brute-forced, I’m just hoping the lack of geeks in this country will protect me till I get around to finding a decent CF WiFi card for the PPC :>

]]> By: owen http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-4310 owen Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:18:09 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-4310 Mad ? .. Or just generous ? :) Mad ? .. Or just generous ? :)

]]> By: Chris http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 Chris Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:14:50 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/05/cracking-wep-now-takes-less-than-1-minute/#comment-4223 Scary. I agree though, anything is better than nothing, as doing a quick scan now, I have the choice of 4 open wireless networks. People are mad! Scary. I agree though, anything is better than nothing, as doing a quick scan now, I have the choice of 4 open wireless networks.

People are mad!

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