Re: WEP

["Penn, Blake" <pennb () UWW EDU>]

Chad:

We have moved from WEP to WPA with a transitional period where both are
available.  Our long-term goal is to move to 802.11i, but most of our
students don't have 802.11i compatible wireless cards yet.  I believe that
all Wi-Fi certified cards made since 2003 or so have to be WPA compatible,
so we thought that a reasonable compromise.  Also, many Wi-Fi cards have the
ability to become 802.11i compatible via a future firmware upgrade (the card
in my Dell laptop fits that description).  When 802.11i becomes more
ubiquitous and supported, then we plan to upgrade to this standard (which is
supposedly simple from WPA).

__________________________________
Blake Penn, CISSP
Information Security Officer
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
(p) 262-472-5513 (f) 262-472-1285
e-mail: pennb () uww edu

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From: Chad McDonald [mailto:chad.mcdonald () GCSU EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:47 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] WEP


Understanding that WEP is relatively easy to crack, how many of you have
moved away from WEP as an addtional layer of security for your wireless
networks?  What was your reasoning for doing so?

Thanks,
Chad McDonald, CISSP
Chief Information Security Officer
Georgia College & State University
478.445.4473  Office
478.454.8250 Cell
478.445.1202 Fax

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