<DIV><FONT face=verdana>There are a couple of utilities I know of that capture packets travelling across a WLAN: AirSnort and WEPCrack. After gathering enough packets the keys can be successfully guessed! These programs are patches for your wireless NIC driver that put it into promiscuous mode.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana>There are many weaknesses inherent in the RC4 algorithm and its implementation. The source code for it was even made public in 1994 after a hacker 'cracked' it. Essentially, the algorithm that WEP is based on, is now freeware. </FONT></DIV>
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