[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: Strong WEP Key Generator

[Joris]

On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 11:49:22PM -0700, Jouni Malinen wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 08:48:23AM +1000, Jason Hecker wrote:
> I don't know whether one should really call anything related to WEP
> "strong" ;-), but let's forget that for a moment and concentrate on key
> generation..
> 
> What exactly makes those keys "strong"?
The fact that it's more random than your average birthday or kids name,
like most people do.

I don't think that site was intended for strong cryptographical
purposes, but to help Mr and Mss Sixpack...

> I would not call that strong key; it looks more like false sense of
> security. Actually, that's quite good match for WEP security.. ;-)
Yep.
If you change the target audience, it starts making sense...

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