WEP vs. WPA

[Hans Fugal]

On Mon,  1 May 2006 at 07:16 -0600, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
> I am trying to determine the difference between the WEP and WPA  
> wireless security protocols. I have found documentation describing  
> the two, but have not been able to determine why one would choose one  
> over the other.

WEP is weak, WPA is strong.

WEP is simpler than WPA, but despite the apparent complexity WPA
"Personal" is only marginally more difficult to set up than WEP,
depending on your hardware and software setups.

e.g.

If your router does wpa personal, you just configure it with an essid
and a passphrase. On linux, you use wpa_supplicant with a simple config
file (there are examples) of 5 or 10 lines, and that takes care of the
wpa side of things. wpa_supplicant doesn't actually configure the
interface (i.e. no dhcp) but you can do that with another due hickey,
and it's largely a matter of taste and distro. I've had good luck with
ifplugd.

-- 
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There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the 
right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
    -- Johann Sebastian Bach
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