802.11 Core Security Standards
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- Initial rudimentary core security provided with 802.11 in 1997
- Everyone shared the same secret encryption key, and this key could not be changed automatically
- Because secret key was shared, it does not seem to be secret
- Users often give out freely
- Key initially could be cracked in 1–2 hours; now can be cracked in 3–10 minutes using readily available software