Replacing WEP with IPsec on OpenBSD, Windows XP

Posted by timothy on Wednesday May 28, 2003 @05:57AM from the nearly-navajo dept.

BSD Forums writes "WEP has been proven insecure and is thus inadequate for protecting a wireless network from eavesdropping or abuse. IPsec can be used as a replacement to WEP in the following scenarios. Joshua Stein has implemented IPsec on OpenBSD with manual keying between a router and a client as a replacement. Also, Thomas Walpuski describes in detail the configuration of an IPsec Host-to-Host connection between OpenBSD and Windows XP Professional with Authentication via X.509v3 Certificates."

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Does it mater all that much? by zbowling · 2003-05-28 06:03 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I use WEP, and it seems to me that using something is better then using nothing. Really does it really matter how secure someone's wireless connection is for most home appiliations? I could see if you had a nosey nabor who would sit around and log everything back and forth and maybe pull out a credit card nummber or two, but I really don't see this as a big problem and if it becomes one then I can see changing in the future.

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