Re: [Nolug] bcm43xx-fwcutter

> > I dispute this. WEP is terminally broken, period. When you can crack 64-bit
> > WEP in under 3 minutes, do you think a key only twice as long will keep you
> > safe?
>
> Are you implying that a 128 bit key will only take 6 minutes? I am
> pretty sure that the difficulty in cracking WEP keys increases
> exponentially using the similar methods as your key length gets
> longer.

Actually, I was wrong. A 128-bit key (104 bits + 24 bit initialization
vector) can be cracked in under one minute:

http://eprint.iacr.org/2007/120

http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netsecur/article.php/3670961

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Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
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