For a number of third party wireless access points, AirPort 3.3 (released earlier this month) will not allow entry of a WEP key in the drop-down AirPort network selection menu, forcing users to enter ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

Providing security for wireless LANs (WLANs) presents particular challenges. In a wired network it is possible to maintain physical control over the access points (APs)-an intruder must have access to ...

Q: An option in our access point interface calls for the configuration of four WEP keys. Why would you need four instead of one? Is it in order to share the encryption/decryption load across clients?

I have an original ABS (graphite). When I try and make the ABS secure using a 40 bit WEP password, some PCs (Windows XP or 2K) can't connect. They can "see" my ABS access point, but cant connect. Its ...

I heard about a new WEP cracking technique. Can you explain it? WEP has been generally recognized as broken since 2001 when Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir, commonly known as FMS, published their paper ...

Further flaws found in the algorithm have brought the time taken to find the key down to a matter of minutes, but that’s not necessarily fast enough to break into systems that change their security ...

Ah, the joys of aging: seeing friends who haven’t laid eyes on you in a few months or even years and hearing, “Geez, you’ve certainly got a lot of gray hair.” That’s always a mood booster. Then I ...

Bob Russo and Troy Leach of the PCI Security Standards Council explain why ending WEP is key to bolstering wireless security The security savvy know WEP is full of holes and shouldn’t be used. That’s ...