[NMLUG] RE: NMLUG Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4

[SeanL at dpsabq.com (Sean Leffler)]

Poking around TechTV they mentioned that it takes about 1/2 Million packets of "interesting traffic" to crack WEP. 
They recommended (for home users that don't move a lot of data) to generate a new WEP key every week or two. 



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Subject: NMLUG Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4
>   I hid the SSID on my WAP, but M$ stopped working.  I got the impression
> that M$ requires the WAP to broadcast the SSID.  If I'm wrong, I'd like to
> know, cause hiding the SSID would be cute.  Does turning off the SSID
> improve security much?

No. Tools such as Kismet will listen to the packets and a) notice a stealthed
network, and b) attempt to destealth it. It's more trouble than it's worth.