WEP

Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) represents the “minimal” level of

encryption described in the previous section. WEP provides you with a

basic level of protection, but unfortunately, there are several weaknesses

in this encryption method, all of which are easily exploited by wireless

hackers. As 802.11 evolves, greater levels of secure authentication

and key management may help strengthen some aspects of WEP. However,

the problems WEP has are mostly due to its lack of support for

per-packet integrity protection.

The number of attacks against wireless networks is increasing in

scope, so it is important to look for alternative methods of security for

your wireless network, simply because current safeguards are not

enough to ensure its integrity.