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"Fast Packet Keying" Improvements to WEP

Posted by michael on from the what-me-worry dept.

Weedstock writes: "BBC Tech News has an article about the latest development in wireless networking security. It seems that RSA Security has improved the encryption system used by the protocol. Will this new update finally make wireless networking secure? You can also find a list of papers about wireless security issues here." RSA has a press release about their changes to WEP being accepted by the 802.11 committee.

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  1. Fast packet keying again ? by tempmpi · · Score: 4, Redundant

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/17/185320 6&mode=thread

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  2. yawn by jeffy124 · · Score: 3, Redundant

    old news

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  3. old news by f00zbll · · Score: 2, Redundant

    This article has been out for a while. move on, nothing to see here. You're probably gonna have to complain to get your 802.11 wireless lan cards updated.