[ale] More WEP/VPN questions

[ctcrreho at opm.gov (Hogg, Russell E)]

Seems possible to me that it going to further affect your throughput.


I'd do it if I were you though.


And I'd say WEP deters more than 20% of attackers.?? As long as most APs are unsecured people are just going to go to greener pastures.

Russ






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-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: Michael D. Hirsch [mailto:mhirsch at nubridges.com]
-> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:45 AM
-> To: ale at ale.org
-> Subject: Re: [ale] More WEP/VPN questions
-> 
-> On Friday 07 March 2003 10:04 pm, Joe wrote:
-> > I'm deep in the midst of getting my wireless VPN going. A question
-> > that's occurred to me is:
-> >
-> > Should I leave WEP enabled or not?
-> >
-> > Pro: with WEP involved, there's one more thing for an attacker to
-> > deal with. Sure, it's ineffective on its own, but it might dissuade
-> > 20% of all attackers by its mere presence.
-> 
-> Con: with WEP involved, there's one more thing for you to deal with.
-> 
-> Not a very big con, but still a negative.
-> 
-> --Michael
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