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Why would anyone use standard WEP? Isn't it super easy to crack & sniff?

2007-01-19 16:01:12 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
Using standard WEP is akin to using a pad-lock & chain for securing a bicycle. It keeps the honest people honest. The argument given that WEP is so weak that it's not worth using, isn't completely valid. Using the bike analogy, would you stop using a lock & chain simply because anyone with a set of bolt cutters can defeat them in a second?...
 
Tags: wep, standard wep, chain simply, chain, bike analogy, pad-lock, lock, completely valid, bolt cutters
 
 
 
 
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Overestimating Threats Against Children

2008-04-10 13:00:16 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bike on the streets. We're like brainwashed because of all the stories we hear that it isn't safe. But those are the exceptions. That's why they make it to the news. This is like, 'Boy boils egg.' He did something that any 9-year-old could do Here's an audio interview with Skenazy I am reminded of this great graphic depicting childhood...
 
Tags: subway, lexington avenue subway, york city subway, city, skenazy, skenazy chose, safe, york, 9-year-old
 
 
 
 
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Locksmiths Hate Computer Geeks who Learn Lockpicking

2008-07-17 13:30:27 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...bike locks with a ball-point pen, a revelation that prompted Kryptonite to replace all of its compromised locks. Other lock manufacturers haven't admitted their flaws so readily. Marc Tobias, a lawyer and security expert, recently shook up the lock-picking community by publishing a detailed analysis of how to crack the uncrackable: Medeco...
 
Tags: kryptonite, kryptonite bike locks, locks, medeco locks, medeco, supposedly unbeatable locks, security, kensington laptop lock, security expert
 
 
 
 
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Why would anyone use standard WEP? Isn't it super easy to crack & sniff?

2007-01-19 16:01:12 by Editor in Endpoint Security: Translating Policy Into Reality
 
Using standard WEP is akin to using a pad-lock & chain for securing a bicycle. It keeps the honest people honest. The argument given that WEP is so weak that it's not worth using, isn't completely valid. Using the bike analogy, would you stop using a lock & chain simply because anyone with a set of bolt cutters can defeat them in a second?...
 
Tags: wep, standard wep, chain simply, chain, bike analogy, pad-lock, lock, completely valid, bolt cutters
 
 
 
 
 
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