Re: authentication types
- From: Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
- To: Bill Moss <bmoss clemson edu>
- Cc: networkmanager list <networkmanager-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: authentication types
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:46:55 -0500
On Sat, 2005-01-15 at 12:13 -0500, Bill Moss wrote:
> The Cisco recommendation on security types is fairly representative.
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/102/wlan/confwep.html
> _____________________
> *Accept Authentication Types*
>
> Select the / *Open* / option, the / *Shared Key* / option, or both, to
> set the authentications the Access Point will recognize.
>
> *Open (RECOMMENDED)*
>
> This default setting allows any device, regardless of its WEP keys, to
> authenticate and attempt to associate.
>
> *Shared Key*
>
> This setting tells the Access Point to send a plain-text, Shared Key
> query to any device attempting to associate with the Access Point. This
> query can leave the Access Point open to a known-text attack from
> intruders. Therefore, it is not as secure as the Open setting.
> _____________________
>
> Note that a WEP key can be used with both Open and Shared Key
> authentication. It is a separate issue.
You're right, we should probably change to Open System as default. I
made the changes locally last night, I'll commit them to CVS and then
we'll see how it works for a while.
Dan
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