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WEP Gets A Bit Stronger

Posted by timothy on from the still-not-for-the-nuclear-codes-please dept.

gmr2048 writes: "CNN is reporting that RSA has helped develop "Fast Packet Keying" to strengthen WEP security. More info can be found at the RSA page. Damn, and I'm still working on my Pringles can antenna."

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  1. WEP Security is getting much better! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, we all know that WEP security needs to get a whole lot better before the WEP is actually useful.

  2. But . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Okay, is it just me, or does anyone else here wonder "what's the point?" Everybody knows about the incestous relationship between RSA and the US Federal Government. I think you pretty much have to assume there's a back door in anything RSA touches. If not, you know they at least ran it past the NSA to make sure it was crackable. And what's the point of encryption if the Feds can still read your email?


    I'd say, stick with good open source encryption like One Fish or Two Fish.