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About blooming time
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wi-fi-alliance-to-dump-wep-and-tkip-not-soon-enough/8677>.

Make sure your access points are set to use only AES encryption.

On 19/06/2010 2:38 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> About blooming time
> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wi-fi-alliance-to-dump-wep-and-tkip-not-soon-enough/8677>.
>
> Make sure your access points are set to use only AES encryption.


The article needs to qualify that "banning" only means the compliance of
members of the alliance building new wifi equipment which carries their
trademark logo, they have no power over users or IEEE standards.

On Jun 19, 3:52*pm, victor <u...@example.net> wrote:
> On 19/06/2010 2:38 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
> > About blooming time
> > <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wi-fi-alliance-to-dump-wep-and-tki....>.
>
> > Make sure your access points are set to use only AES encryption.
>
> The article needs to qualify that "banning" only means the compliance of
> members of the alliance building new wifi equipment which carries their
> trademark logo, they have no power over users or IEEE standards.

WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.

In message <hvheuc$e2t$>, victor wrote:

> The article needs to qualify that "banning" only means the compliance of
> members of the alliance building new wifi equipment which carries their
> trademark logo, they have no power over users or IEEE standards.

Still, it’s good to see them use their power of publicity for good, not for
evil.

On 19/06/2010 6:59 p.m., peterwn wrote:
> On Jun 19, 3:52 pm, victor<u...@example.net> wrote:
>> On 19/06/2010 2:38 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> About blooming time
>>> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wi-fi-alliance-to-dump-wep-and-tki...>.
>>
>>> Make sure your access points are set to use only AES encryption.
>>
>> The article needs to qualify that "banning" only means the compliance of
>> members of the alliance building new wifi equipment which carries their
>> trademark logo, they have no power over users or IEEE standards.
>
> WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
> instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.

No one can ban that either.

victor wrote:

>> WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
>> instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.
>
> No one can ban that either.

Insurance could refuse to cover people using lousy house security.

On 20/06/2010 9:52 a.m., Richard wrote:
> victor wrote:
>
>>> WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
>>> instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.
>>
>> No one can ban that either.
>
> Insurance could refuse to cover people using lousy house security.
>
But the lock manufacturers can't ban old locks

On Jun 19, 11:55*pm, victor <u...@example.net> wrote:
> On 19/06/2010 6:59 p.m., peterwn wrote:
>
> > On Jun 19, 3:52 pm, victor<u...@example.net> *wrote:
> >> On 19/06/2010 2:38 p.m., Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
> >>> About blooming time
> >>> <http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/wi-fi-alliance-to-dump-wep-and-tki...>.
>
> >>> Make sure your access points are set to use only AES encryption.
>
> >> The article needs to qualify that "banning" only means the compliance of
> >> members of the alliance building new wifi equipment which carries their
> >> trademark logo, they have no power over users or IEEE standards.
>
> > WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
> > instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.
>
> No one can ban that either.

Agreed but this is no consolation when someone nicks your bandwidth
and you are sentenced in the last week of the billing period to dial-
up speed.

On Jun 20, 4:29*pm, victor <u...@example.net> wrote:
> On 20/06/2010 9:52 a.m., Richard wrote:> victor wrote:
>
> >>> WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your house
> >>> instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.
>
> >> No one can ban that either.
>
> > Insurance could refuse to cover people using lousy house security.
>
> But the lock manufacturers can't ban old locks

But decent locks have been available for the last 200 years although
the early Chubb and Bramah locks would have been hideously expensive
to buy.

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Richard wrote:
> victor wrote:
>
>>> WEP is like using a Legge (or similar) 2 lever door lock on your
>>> house instead of a decent Chubb 5 lever lock.
>>
>> No one can ban that either.
>
> Insurance could refuse to cover people using lousy house security.

Define 'security'. Locks only keep honest people out.
--
Shaun.

"When we dream.... that's just our brains defragmenting" G Jackson.