Does ZeroShell support WEP and WPA-PSK to protect Wi-Fi networks?
Both WEP and WPA-PSK are preshared key protection systems, meaning that a supplicant trying to associate with an access point must share a preset key with the latter. That said, it is not necessary to have an authentication server that validates each user and therefore wondering if ZeroShell supports WEP and WPA-PSK is pointless. Nowaday, WEP is insufficient to also protect a domestic wireless network given the RC4 code on which it is based and together with an initialisation vector of only 24 bit to combine with the shared key, it could be quickly cracked if enough packets are sniffed. WPA-PSK, which instead uses a 48 bit initialisation vector, on condition that it is used with a PSK of at least 20 characters, is considered an acceptable solution in domestic or SOHO environments. • The ZeroShell Captive Portal is composed of two modules: the Web Login server and the Captive Gateway. What is the advantage of such modularity? The Captive Gateway functionality acts as a gateway (router o
