Re: [PATCH] added WEP authmode shared to NDISulator

From: Brooks Davis <brooks_at_one-eyed-alien.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:10:05 -0700
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 03:07:48PM -0400, Rogier R. Mulhuijzen wrote:
> To make the NDISulator do Shared authmode (pretty much required to do
> WEP it seems, at least on the AP I use):

Shared mode should be avoided as it effectivly leaks your key during
association.  It's only very slightly better then open.  That's why
little effort has been put in to making it work.

-- Brooks

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