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Using WEP is crazy
Unless you absolutely have to, using WEP is stupid. WEP is completely insecure. Not in an intangible, theoretical way, but in a my-10-year-old-can-download-any-one-of-dozens-of-tools-and-crack-it-in-5-minutes kind of way. And people are doing it all the time. WPA (or WPA2) is basically no harder and provides real security.
Using WEP is crazy
Not crazy, sometimes it's all you have. See my posts above.
crazy or not
I'm using WDS between a Linksys WRT54G (downstairs) and AirPort Express (upstairs), the latter primarily for EyeHome and AirTunes connectivity. The generic Linksys firmware doesn't support WPA over WDS. Since there's no sensitive data going over the WLAN I decided not to use WEP and just set up basic non-broadcast SSID and MAC address filtering. I haven't felt like messing with third party firmware up to now but that'll change if Linksys doesn't add WDS+WPA support soon or other circumstances change. I'm aware of what I'm doing and potential vulnerabilities. I don't foresee my WLAN remaining this open much longer.
crazy or not
Keep in mind that "hidden" SSIDs and MAC filtering make WEP look like high security in comparison.....
high (in)security
Yep, I'm not fooling myself into a false sense of security with what I'm (not) doing. Now that my routers are in better locations I'll work on resolving the WDS+WPA issue.
Using WEP is crazy
I use WEP on my personal home network specifically because I don't care. In fact, my password is painfully obvious, and my guests laugh when I tell them.
I run WEP only to prevent the casual user from joining my network instead of an open network, and as a defense in case someone did try to use my home network for nefarious activities, because I can claim in court that "my net was encrypted and they had to break that encryption". Nevermind that it wasn't hard, but I've seen enough court time up close to know that this would suffice. Legally, there's a world of difference between an unlocked door and a locked door. The brand of lock doesn't matter, unless you can argue that the contents justified a stronger lock. So, don't be disrepecting WEP. There are times when it's completely appropriate. But yes, you have to understand what you're accomplishing with the encryption.
Using WEP is crazy
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