From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 13 11:47:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD1B216A4CE for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:47:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.web.de (smtp07.web.de [217.72.192.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4390A43D4C for ; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:47:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nakal@web.de) Received: from [217.225.235.219] (helo=[217.225.235.219]) by smtp.web.de with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (WEB.DE 4.101 #91) id 1BDSwA-0005DE-00; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:47:10 +0200 From: Martin To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <407C013F.9010402@centtech.com> References: <1081867789.772.10.camel@klotz.local> <407C013F.9010402@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1081882028.772.29.camel@klotz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:47:09 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: nakal@web.de cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless auth mode "shared" is missing on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 18:47:18 -0000 Am Tue, den 13.04.2004 schrieb Eric Anderson um 17:03: > The truth is, that "shared" mode, is *less* "secure" than "open" mode.. > Do some quick searches and you'll find some interesting articles/papers > on the subject.. Thanks for the hint. For people who don't know the WEP authentication "security", I found some info on it here: http://www.cypherpunks.ca/bh2001/mgp00018.html A paper and additional information about WEP can be found here: http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html Today, I have taken a look at wireless networks for the first time. All I can see is that the design is a complete disaster. Thanks, Martin