Wireless PCMCIA cards

Drew Taylor drew at drewtaylor.com
Thu Feb 21 23:38:25 EST 2002


Bob,

An excellent point! I didn't mean to throw the baby out with the bath 
water. Everything has it's place, even a broken WEP, in the big picture.

Drew

At 10:50 PM 2/21/2002 -0500, Bob Keyes wrote:
>A few words on WEP:
>
>YES, it has been broken. However, I still think it provides a modicum of
>security that makes it worth having. The trick is not to be lulled into a
>false sense of security by it. Use ssh for interactive sessions, use
>encrypted IMAP, use SSL on sensitive web pages. You should really use
>these precautions even in wired networks, as you don't know who is
>listening on your ethernet segment, or who at your ISP or your ISP's NSP
>is listening.

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