From: "Rick R." Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 394333 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:41:53 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTCzv-000ASj-6K for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:41:30 -0400 Received: from web60612.mail.yahoo.com ([209.73.178.195]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GTCzp-000NDZ-Ud for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:41:22 -0400 Received: (qmail 52048 invoked by uid 60001); 29 Sep 2006 07:41:16 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=bukbk+O9tZGGByIoCKTTw7bXJ9UPsxARz67H633r6JsDgzwfQNxrhV7zmEvUT/5u6n17cSSWo/tPSUGGWhvVLJJv2e9TU+jpHzMeLNTF7+u/3f2WYQrcu1WoNStm9f5u4laIHJBViuOmTk2i+LXeETAtL9uzemZSwEaHsTQ4mJE= ; Message-ID: <20060929074116.52046.qmail@web60612.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.252.246.35] by web60612.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:41:16 PDT Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:41:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: 104-bit WEP Key To: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-210081032-1159515676=:51250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) --0-210081032-1159515676=:51250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit That means 128bit is indeed only 104 bit "strong"?! So you can't simply compare 128/256 bit file encrytpion to 128/256 bit WiFi encryption strength then?! Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: On 09/28/06 10:32 am, Hakan thus wrote : > I recently came across a situation with a router that required a > 104-bit WEP key. I was told the router was a "travel" router, not > being capable of 128-bit WEP encryption. I could not get it to work > using the assigned shorter key with eCS in 128-bit encryption mode. > > If my information -- which I consider reliable -- is correct, can we > have 104-bit encryption added? > > 104-bit is indeed 128-bit (there is a 24-bit header, hence, 40-bit encryption is called 64-bit). There is no such animal as 80-bit (plus a 24-bit header). :-) (Hopefully, my auto-responder won't bounce to the list...) -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to Send administrative queries to To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: and reply to the confirmation email. This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. --0-210081032-1159515676=:51250 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

That means 128bit is indeed only 104 bit "strong"?!

So you can't simply compare 128/256 bit file encrytpion to 128/256 bit WiFi encryption strength then?!

Lewis G Rosenthal <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> wrote:

On 09/28/06 10:32 am, Hakan thus wrote :
> I recently came across a situation with a router that required a
> 104-bit WEP key. I was told the router was a "travel" router, not
> being capable of 128-bit WEP encryption. I could not get it to work
> using the assigned shorter key with eCS in 128-bit encryption mode.
>
> If my information -- which I consider reliable -- is correct, can we
> have 104-bit encryption added?
>
>
104-bit is indeed 128-bit (there is a 24-bit header, hence, 40-bit
encryption is called 64-bit). There is no such animal as 80-bit (plus a
24-bit header). :-)

(Hopefully, my auto-responder won't bounce to the list...)

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Lewis
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