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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. Re:Don't embed engryption.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    SSH / SSL would be good if their implementations didn't have security holes that made the goatse.cx man's ass look virginal in comparison.

    Even after fixing their bugs, the encryptions strength is too weak. Within 2 years, the processing power to brute-force decrypt any SSH/SSL message will be available for less than $2k.

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    Due to the lameness filters, this comment cannot be displayed!

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