New encryption technology closes WLAN security loopholes

[Perry E. Metzger]

"R. A. Hettinga" <rah at shipwright.com> writes:
> [1] "New encryption technology closes WLAN security loopholes"
> Next Comm has launched new wireless LAN security technology called
> Key Hopping. The technology aims to close security gaps in Wired
> Equivalent Privacy (WEP). It uses the MD5 (message digest, version 5)
> algorithm that allows for rapid changes in encryption keys used, some
> as often as every three seconds, denying hackers the time they need
> to piece together an encryption pattern.

We don't need a new proprietary technology. IPSec tunnels from the
wireless node to the base station work just fine, and are actually
secure on top of it!

.pm
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