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wrathrow11
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I got got one question for WEP. Why does it uses 24-bit IV to prepend with 40 or 104-bit key? Why not a bit higher, which suppose to be more secure? If it is because of the design, why did they choose 24-bit?
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RussS
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hmmm - why is an orange round?
Seriously I would think that perhaps they were taking into account the computational abilities of things like older machines and PDAs. I think that with a little research you will find an appropriate answer.www.supercross.com
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JDMurray
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The smaller value was probably considered a good balance between an easily crunchable encryption scheme for smaller processors and a reasonably secure WLAN.wrathrow11 wrote:I got got one question for WEP. Why does it uses 24-bit IV to prepend with 40 or 104-bit key? Why not a bit higher, which suppose to be more secure? If it is because of the design, why did they choose 24-bit?
The TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) in WPA uses a 48-bit IV (Initialization Vector) as one the enhancements to the WEP encryption engine. It seems the 24-bit IV in WEP didn't do much to make a WLAN secure, as evidence from the AirSnort (airsnort.shmoo.com) and WEPcrack (wepcrack.sourceforge.net) programs.
Remeber that WEP is suppose to give an 802.11 network the equivalent privacy of an 802.3 network--which is not inherently secure in the first place. When you think about it, encryption is the only real security applicable to bits flying through the air.
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