Wireless Connection Encryptions - WEP or WPA

[DevilDog#1]

Which one is better? Aren't they both 128bit?

[Scott]

WEP can be hacked in under 15 minutes by almost anyone with tools available on the internet, no matter what you use as your network key. The FBI cracked a WEP key in 3 minutes at defcon this year with tools available on the internet..

WPA is very secure, as long as you use a strong/random network key. The only known hacking method is brute force dictionary attacks..

The new standard is WPA2 that uses one of the strongest encryption algorithms at the moment, also know as AES. It's what I use at home with my Linksys WRT54G. You will need to get a patch from MS to enable WPA2 on Windows XP. You may also need to upgrade your routers firmware.

Here is a good place to get WPA keys: https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

[Steve]

older devices are not WPA enabled, that would be the only reason to use WEP.

[DevilDog#1]

Man WPA is running very fast compared with WEP. Only problem is WEP did not appear with I did View Wireless Network. WPA does thus making it easy for possible intruders to pick their "tools"

P where do I get the WPA2 stupid MS site downloaded this Is that the patch?

[Scott]

Just because wep didn't show dosen't mean they don't know your using it. It's easy to find out.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

[DevilDog#1]

I got that. I validated it and it said I already have the latest IE.

[Lucky]

like scott said, all WEP keys can be easilly hacked in less then a couple minutes. My neighbores was really easy btw. WEll, i use a very strong, random WPA on my familys router

[Scott]

Originally posted by DevilDog#1
I got that. I validated it and it said I already have the latest IE.

??

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...v2-x86-ENU.exe