WEP attacks

The first attack we are going take a look at or re-examine in this particular chapter is the attack against the wired equivalent privacy, or WEP, protocol. We've encountered this protocol a few times in our journey through this book, and we're to take another look at it here, with some additional items added that weren't there before, and endeavor to expand on this attack so as to discuss the real weaknesses in this protocol that make it so vulnerable to attacks.

Note

Remember that the WEP protocol is something that was implemented and designed when wireless security was something that was understood to be an issue, but the people at designed wireless technologies did not really understand how to properly implement security, nor did they consult with outside parties that could have helped them do it better. In all practical senses, WEP should no longer be used in any active network as it presents too much of a target of opportunity for someone wishing to cause you harm by stealing...