From: "Paul Smedley" Received: from mxout1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.165] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 329178 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:45:40 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GJT0E-000Ffb-JT for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:45:30 -0400 Received: from smedley.info ([203.122.246.45] helo=mail.smedley.info ident=Creeping) by mxin2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GJT0D-000New-Cn for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:45:30 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.5 (2006-08-29) on smedley.info X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=unavailable version=3.1.5 Received: from [192.168.1.2] (smedley.info [192.168.1.2]) by mail.smedley.info (Weasel v1.73) for ; 02 Sep 2006 20:15:02 +0930 Message-ID: <44F960AD.9030300@smedley.info> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:15:01 +0930 User-Agent: PmW-Tb 1.5.0.4 (OS/2/20060518) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: WEP Encryption a bad joke?? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) Rick R. wrote: > Now that is the *first* time I've learned that WiFis encryption is > pretty much useless against seriouz hack attacks. > They never talk about that in the media or the standard literature. > If that's the case, then how is one to protect his/her WiFi setup, other > than going for a (commercial) VPN?!? WPA offers far better protection than WEP - A package supporting WPA on OS/2 should be available real soon now...