How many characters are HEX based WEP keys?
(A) 40/64bit = 10 characters 128bit = 26 characters #Chris5# adds: “Whilst better than nothing, WEP can be cracked through analysis of the transmitted data collected by packet sniffing. A large amount of data does need to be collected though. The link below estimates around 7GB of traffic is required. For a home user or small business, this could take a couple of weeks to gather. However, a busy access point in a corporate office could clock up this amount of traffic in a matter of hours.” Cracking WEP – InformIT: Cracking WEP > Home Wireless Local Area Network Users (pretty technical) —————————– thanks to SNOW-MUNKI and #CHRI5# for help on info for this one ====================================== SSID Broadcast A process where a wireless router or access point is transmitting its Service Set Identifier (SSID), or network name. SSID broadcasts are useful to wireless clients to be able to identify the origin and purpose of a given wireless network. Well-chosen SSIDs ca
