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Re: WEP
From: Dan Updegrove <updegrove () MAIL UTEXAS EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:55:04 -0500
Chad, We have never deployed WEP, since: - We'd have to communicate the WEP keys to our potential wireless community of 50,000 students and 20,000 faculty/staff. This seems equivalent to disseminating the keys to all of central Texas - We'd anticipate substantial user configuration problems and help desk calls - If successful (a very big "if"), we'd be providing more security than most of our users have in other wireless environments -- at home, coffee shops, hotels, airports. Thus any data transport we were protecting on campus would be unprotected elsewhere. Accordingly we have focused our efforts on educating users to take responsibility for their own data protection everywhere, via: - VPN - SSL - TLS Hope this helps. Regards, Dan At 07:47 AM 7/13/2005, you wrote:
Understanding that WEP is relatively easy to crack, how many of you have moved away from WEP as an addtional layer of security for your wireless networks? What was your reasoning for doing so? Thanks, Chad McDonald, CISSP Chief Information Security Officer Georgia College & State University 478.445.4473 Office 478.454.8250 Cell 478.445.1202 Fax
VP for Information Technology Phone (512) 232-9610 The University of Texas at Austin Fax (512) 232-9607 FAC 248 (Mail code: G9800) d.updegrove () its utexas edu P.O. Box 7407 http://web.austin.utexas.edu/dau2 Austin, TX 78713-7407
Current thread:
- WEP Chad McDonald (Jul 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: WEP Dan Updegrove (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Alt, Brandon C. (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Christopher E. Cramer (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Dean De Beer (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Brenda B Gombosky (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Penn, Blake (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Chris Steele (Jul 13)
- Re: WEP Gaddis, Jeremy L. (Jul 15)
- Re: WEP Koerber, Jeff (Jul 18)