Breaking WEP in 3 minutes

It’s not news in the security community, but demonstrating that WEP is so insecure that even the FBI can break it: TomsNetworking discusses a demonstration where the Feds broke a 128 bit WEP key in about three minutes.

WPA is much better, but still a target.

The solution? VPN, of course. And since your wireless network should be considered untrusted, keep it outside your corporate network.

Breaking WEP in 3 minutes

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