Re: WEP 152bit support?

Cedric Blancher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.ipw2100.devel
Organization Cartel Securite
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Le vendredi 06 octobre 2006 à 11:10 -0300, Mauricio Teixeira (netmask) a
écrit :
> I would like to know if the ipw2200 driver supports 152bit WEP
> encryption. If negative, is it planned?
> I have an AP infra-estructure with D-Link in WDS mode, and I need to
> connect some clients with Intel chipsets to this network, and I prefer
> not to decrease the encryption to 128bits.

Cracking a 152 bits key is just 25% longer than cracking a 128 bits one,
as FMS is not exponential to bits number, but close to linear... Not
mentionning all the attacks that does not require key knowledge for
traffic injection.

So if your concern is security, then you should consider dropping WEP
rather than using longer keys for a crippled security protocol.

Just my 0.02EUR...


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