wep and wpa

[rashmi kumar]

what is wep and wpa.

please explain

 

[Mike Outmesguine]

I just came across an old windows 2000 laptop that only supported WEP on the Linksys card. But WPA was used on the WLAN. Time to buy a new card!

 

Anyway, WEP is the older, less secure, easy to crack, encryption system. It’s obsolete now that WPA is widely available. WEP is considered little more than an envelope around your network. It’s easy to tear through, but someone would have to intentionally do so.

 

WPA and WPA2 is newer and more secure.

 

For more about WPA, here’s a good summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

 

-Mike

[David Collins]

If you are working in a retail environment the PCI DSS now mandates WPA2 as the only acceptable choice.

 

David Collins

[Batey, Everett II NAVSEA]

House full of Apple Ibook PPC G3's (seem stuck on
OS X 10.2.8) .. NOT GOOD.

Fixing the old security vs current security hole:
(1) use ethernet cable,
(2) try the scrap heap / recycle the parts,
(3) maybe there is a replacement wifi card??? Or,
(4) can Linux on G3 PPC overcome the problem of
NOT supporting WPA2?

--
R / Everett

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> I just came across an old windows 2000 laptop that only
> supported WEP on the Linksys card. But WPA was used on the
> WLAN. Time to buy a new card!
>

> Anyway, WEP is the older, less secure, easy to crack, ...

[Richard]

You running Yellow Dog?

I am pretty sure they are up-to-date with the kernel as far as speed goes, as well as security issues of WPA2...

http://us.fixstars.com/products/ydl/intro.shtml

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[Mike Outmesguine]

If you can't upgrade the firmware or replace the internal Airport card, you could use any 3rd-party external WiFi adapter via USB or the PCMCIA port.

-Mike

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Batey, Everett II NAVSEA <everet...@navy.mil> wrote:

[Batey, Everett II NAVSEA]

Wonder if anyone has successfully used external
WiFi on a PPC G3 that WILL NOT upgrade beyond
OS X 10.2.8 ? Assuming the driver code for the
WiFi is embedded in the OS Z 10.2.8 OS?

--
R / Everett

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SOCA...@googlegroups.com -- On Behalf Of Mike O
> If you can't upgrade the firmware or replace the internal
> Airport card, you could use any 3rd-party external WiFi
> adapter via USB or the PCMCIA port.
> -Mike
>

[Shawn Rogers]

I've always been a fan of Etherent->WLAN adapters. No software or
drivers to install, and you can find ones that not only support WPA2,
but also support full 802.1x authentication (WPA2-Enterprise).

There's some out there that can be powered via USB to help make them
more portable.

They're often sold as "travel routers" or "Game Adapters".

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[Richard]

I had never thought of that before, but you know - hand off to other hardware with embedded software what can be done better "over there." The GPU does that, why not the "Network Adapter?"

-GPP