A network security key is basically your Wi-Fi password — it's the encryption key that your password unlocks to allow access ...

For a number of third party wireless access points, AirPort 3.3 (released earlier this month) will not allow entry of a WEP key in the drop-down AirPort network selection menu, forcing users to enter ...

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security standard designed to provide wireless networks with comparable security to that of wired networks. Shared Key ...

MacFixIt reader Guy Kuo reports a limitation in Apple's AirPort devices that prevents proper access to Windows-based wireless networks using a WEP slot key other than "1." In essence, if the wireless ...

Here it is. A paper by Erik Tews, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann, and Andrei Pyshkin of the Darmstadt University of Technology demonstrates how to break 104 bit WEP in less than 60 seconds (PDF link). We ...

Setting up encryption on your business's wireless router can help protect sensitive personal and professional information from prying eyes. Wired Equivalent Privacy ...

The Wi-Fi security protocol WEP should not be relied on to protect sensitive material, according to three German security researchers who have discovered a faster way to crack it. They plan to ...