[Gllug] News: Two cautioned over WiFi theft

[Gundemarie Scholz]

Richard Jones wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6565079.stm
> 
>   "The man arrested at the weekend was cautioned for dishonestly
>   obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid
>   payment."

"While not totally secure, WEP keys do at least provide a modicum of
security to thwart all but the most technically-literate hackers."

Hmm, considering the fact that it is now possible to crack WEP in less
than a minute I wouldn't want to support that opinion any more.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/87874 (German) pointing to
http://www.cdc.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/aircrack-ptw/ (English) and
http://eprint.iacr.org/2007/120.pdf (English)

Regards,
Gunde
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