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List:       suse-security
Subject:    Re: [suse-security] WEP and wireless
From:       John Pinder <jpinder () gte ! net>
Date:       2001-08-28 20:28:54
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On Tuesday 28 August 2001 10:18, Phillip Beal wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:10:31AM -0600, Kurt Seifried wrote:
> > WEP is useless. Period. Don't even bother. Use IPSec and have a gateway
> > enforce it.
>
> I know it isn't anysort of encryption.  I've set it up, so that not just
> anyone walking by my house with a laptop can use my internet connection.
> I know it can be broken, and I know is sucks, but I didn't ask for your
> opinion, I asked for some information of how to make Linux talk to a
> Wireless Access Point that uses WEP.

Hi,

This *might* help:

http://www.goonda.org/wireless/prism2/
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html
http://www.linux-wlan.org (check out their mailing lists too)

Best of luck :)

John

PS - IPSec is a Good Idea (TM) :P

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