WEP safe with Cisco APs?

[Holger Koepke]

On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:27:09 +0800, "darren" <teodarren at yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I read that the WEP and its IVs generated by a Cisco setup is safe from
>Airsnort and WEPCrack.

As far as I know, every manufacturer has a new and 802.11(a)
uncompatible version of WEP now, which is "safe" against the old
tools.

>Are there any utilities currently that can compromise the Cisco APs?
>
>Otherwise, are they safe to use?

If it is safe NOW, you can't say, that it "is safe". If you want to
have a secure communication, you ALLWAYS should use VPN - not only on
wireless-links.

jm2c,

Holger
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