[MLB-WIRELESS] Bridge 802.11x (TKIP or AES)

[Tony Langdon, VK3JED]

At 11:44 PM 5/27/2005, admin-list at deathnet.id.au wrote:

>I have had a bit of a look around in my area... There is two access 
>points, in my block that have default SSID's, no mac filtering turned on 
>or WEP enabled or the admin password changed on the router or AP!!!
>
>Someone said to me months ago "Free internet access is dead in Oz!"... I 
>think not ;)

I haven't investigated any of the AP's themselves, except that many are 
quick to hand me an IP address, and occasionally, I have done a quick "hit 
and run" email download (over an SSH tunnel ;) ).

>TKIP (previously known as WEP2) make's the ideal package between the two, 
>in my view. This is due to the support for older 11b/g devices and no real 
>impact on throughput. TKIP provides more resistant to cryptanalytic 
>attacks and slows the ciphertext attack.... etc.

This would seem to be good middle ground.

73 de VK3JED
http://vkradio.com


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