WEP vs WPA?

[AirWolf]

Hi all

For a wireless lan which of the above is:

1. Easier to use?
2. More secure?
3. Works on 98/XP/Vista?

 

[bwana]

Wpa

 

[Ry4n]

Use WPA
WAP uses Hex which makes it a lil more difficult to setup
and WPA is more secure
woot

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Read it up on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

Do NOT use WEP - it is hacked easily, but rather WPA which is more secure.

Unless... you can use WEP, but redirect all traffic to tubgirl, goatse, or 2g1c...

 

[milomak]

Has anyone mentioned you should use WPA?

 

[James]

WPA for sure

 

[Brawler]

Wpa

 

[AirWolf]

Thanks

Just changed our office wireless lan from WEP to WPA-PSK with a 63 character password that includes all those strange looking characters that can't be typed in.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Security? pfffft security is overrated... just leave it open and make sure you broadcast your SSID.

 

[BiteMe]

Thanks

Just changed our office wireless lan from WEP to WPA-PSK with a 63 character password that includes all those strange looking characters that can't be typed in.

now remember not to write it down anywhere.....you need job security

 

[ghalied]

Use WPA
WAP uses Hex which makes it a lil more difficult to setup
and WPA is more secure
woot

WPA for sure but you don't have to use hex, you can also use ASCII as it's easier to remember.

 

[skydog]

Wep

 

[AirWolf]

Wep :d

I was using a 13 character ASCII random password on WEP But that's history now.

 

[Picard]

Read it up on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

Do NOT use WEP - it is hacked easily, but rather WPA which is more secure.

Unless... you can use WEP, but redirect all traffic to tubgirl, goatse, or 2g1c...

Who is tubgirl???

 

[The_Techie]

Hi all

For a wireless lan which of the above is:

1. Easier to use?
2. More secure?
3. Works on 98/XP/Vista?

WPA is easier to use and maintain, because you can set the ASCII pass phrase to something that you can remember easily.

WPA is a lot more secure than WEP, WEP is quite easily broken with enough traffic.

Both should work on those operating systems.

Final answer: WPA

 

[AirWolf]

WPA is easier to use and maintain, because you can set the ASCII pass phrase to something that you can remember easily.

WPA is a lot more secure than WEP, WEP is quite easily broken with enough traffic.

Both should work on those operating systems.

Final answer: WPA

The more users on the network the less secure it is?

 

[The_Techie]

The more users on the network the less secure it is?

I wouldn't say that, necessarily. It just takes less time to crack WEP if you've sniffed more packets, and the more traffic on the network the more packets can be sniffed. But WEP can still be broken even with relatively little traffic/packets used to crack the key. But if I remember correctly there are ways of generating traffic regardless.

It's late and I'm tired, did that make sense?

 

[AirWolf]

I wouldn't say that, necessarily. It just takes less time to crack WEP if you've sniffed more packets, and the more traffic on the network the more packets can be sniffed. But WEP can still be broken even with relatively little traffic/packets used to crack the key. But if I remember correctly there are ways of generating traffic regardless.

It's late and I'm tired, did that make sense?

Pretty much, thanks.

 

[Juggy]

Use WPA with a radius server. This is available on server 2003. The OS passes through your user credentials and authenticates you with your AD user name and password. It's the most secure of all.

 

[proximiti99]

Again, WPA for extra security