Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt

Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-07-03

Think you've heard more than enough about war driving and Wi-Fi insecurity? Two days of electronic eavesdropping at the 802.11 Planet Expo in Boston last week sniffed out more evidence that most Wi-Fi users still aren't getting the message -- or are comfortable broadcasting their e-mail into the ether.

Study: Wi-Fi users still don't encrypt 2003-07-07
Michael Sierchio

The problem here is how we as security

professionals have managed the message. Users

generally regard WEP as worthless, primarily

because of the reported results of Ioannidis,

Rubin and Stubblefield in recovering WEP keys

with 2 hours of passive listening via the

Fluhrer-Mantin-Shamir attack....

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