WEP vulnerabilities and SOHO WLAN products

[Johan Almqvist]

* Jim Carter <jimc at math.ucla.edu> [021121 18:44]:
> We set it up with WEP, plus MAC filtering in the router, so only machines
> known to him can have their packets leave the net.  Any knowledgeable
> hacker can crack this combination in 5 minutes (well, maybe longer,
> depending on packet rates), but it's proof against a clueless leechoid.

I've thought about having my machines change the WEP key every five
minutes... My firewall would do this over ssh and radio on the laptop first
and then by SNMP over cable on the AP.

Would this work or will I lose all connections every fifth minute?

-Johan
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Johan Almqvist
http://www.almqvist.net/johan/
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