Cisco uses LEAP for its secure wireless. Cisco supports WEP only for non-cisco product support.
LEAP provides unique authentication to prevent session hijacking and man-in-the-middle.
You also get to pay at least three times as much for Cisco. If you really don't care about security that much then you can go buy Linksys or some other commodity brand.
This article was pretty crappy anyway. Some guy said he found some weaknesses in wireless security. Some other guy said he was not surprised. If you are using wireless in a hotspot, you should be using a VPN client to encrypt your data, just like if you were connecting from your hotel room. One time passwords and digital certs prevent highjacking of corporate data. Obviously this ass clown never thought of that.
Here is an article on LEAP
http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2001/1217revside3. html
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Cisco uses LEAP for its secure wireless. Cisco supports WEP only for non-cisco product support. LEAP provides unique authentication to prevent session hijacking and man-in-the-middle. You also get to pay at least three times as much for Cisco. If you really don't care about security that much then you can go buy Linksys or some other commodity brand. This article was pretty crappy anyway. Some guy said he found some weaknesses in wireless security. Some other guy said he was not surprised. If you are using wireless in a hotspot, you should be using a VPN client to encrypt your data, just like if you were connecting from your hotel room. One time passwords and digital certs prevent highjacking of corporate data. Obviously this ass clown never thought of that. Here is an article on LEAP http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2001/1217revside3. html