[ILUG] Eircom surrenders

[Paul O'Malley - gnu's not unix -]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> On Thursday 29 January 2009 13:56:18 Paul Mc Auley wrote:
> 
>> This is probably the least hassle way all round for this to sort it out but
>> it'll be interesting seeing how Eircom cope with the delivery of notices
>> and whether they go about fixing the WEP thing at the same time.
> 
> What WEP thing ...?
> 
> 


searching on a search engine near you with this:

eircom netopia problem

may give some insight to the problem

however

wep is very easy to circumvent

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy

just read the flaws section if you want amusement, warning if you 
thought that wep provided any more security than a Ceaser cypher in a 
room with people who understood how it worked, you will be shattered by 
the revelation that it is not