[Shop-talk] Wireless router - signal boost

[Trevor Boicey]

> One of the intriguing things about this utility...Even if you're not
> broadcasting your SSID, it can identify it. It can also tell what
> type of encryption is being used (if any). Based on what I know about
> security, even the latest one is capable of a brute force attack.

  It should be noted that the reason WEP has been broken is not a brute
force attack, it is a "'sploit".

  Brute forcing a 128 bit key is still extremely extremely unlikely,
especially if the information you are protecting isn't worth the time of
any great international power. ;>