WEP - A No longer safe algorithm for Ad-Hoc (Wi-Fi)
>Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks . Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network . >WEP, recognizable by the key of 10 or 26 hexadecimal digits, is widely in use and is often the first security choice presented to users by router configuration tools. > WEP was included as the privacy component of the original IEEE 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999. WEP uses the stream cipher RC4 for confidentiality and the CRC-32 checksum for integrity . It was deprecated in 2004 and is documented in the current standard. >Standard 64-bit WEP uses a 40 bit key (also known as WEP-40), which is concatenated with a 24-bit initialization vector ( IV ) to form the RC4 key. At the time that the original WEP standard was drafted, the U.S. Government's export restricti...
