Wireless networking is still a somewhat new, and emerging technology. Its popularity continues to grow and more and more organizations are deploying wireless networks, or exploring what the benefits might be if they choose to implement a wireless network. They can make users more productive, and more efficient, but they can also create a huge security risk if not properly configured.

The original wireless security mechanism, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), was quickly shown to have fatal flaws which render it barely better than having no security at all. In fact, perhaps no security at all is better because at least then you know you are insecure and you don’t have the illusion that you may be secure.

Aside from a fundamental flaw in the implementation of the encryption algorithm, one issue with WEP is its reliance on a pre-shared key Full article…

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