Hello Rick,
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 23:42:06 -0700 (PDT), Rick R. wrote:
>While in the process of building a USB memory stick bootable OS/2 system I also decided to dump some Linux distro on there.
> In the process of research I found that there are ready2write bootable USB Linux distros with modules that claim they can > hack even into 128 WEP encryption from an ordinary laptop w/o any added user intervention.
> They gave no specifics about the time required, but state that a few captured packages would do the trick.
> Now can that be and if so, then what is the much hailed WEP encryption actually worth???
Not much, it can prevent accidental access to your network by your
neighbours, but if they really want to get in they can. See http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=wifi2#6.2 for an explanation
about this. WEP was designed by technicians, not by security experts.
In the Netlabs newsletter I saw that they have WPA encryption working
for OS/2, but they didn't release it yet. I use WPA encryption, because
I have a Asus WL330g wireless adapter.
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