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Re: WEP
From: "Penn, Blake" <pennb () UWW EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:36:34 -0500
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 ________________________________ 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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Current thread:
- WEP Chad McDonald (Jul 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: WEP Dan Updegrove (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Alt, Brandon C. (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Christopher E. Cramer (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Dean De Beer (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Brenda B Gombosky (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Penn, Blake (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Chris Steele (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Gaddis, Jeremy L. (Jul 15)
- Re: WEP Koerber, Jeff (Jul 18)