From: "Stanley Sidlov" Received: from mxout3.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.167] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.3) with ESMTP id 1074656 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:45:10 -0400 Received: from mxin2.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.176]) by mxout3.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HafBa-0006MG-Ud for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:44:35 -0400 Received: from admin.nni.com ([216.107.0.100]) by mxin2.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HafBa-000BOZ-Mi for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:44:34 -0400 X-Scan:Scanned for Virus By NuNet Received: from [67.81.238.77] (account stanleys@cybernex.net) by admin.nni.com (CommuniGate Pro POP 4.1.8) with XMIT id 575356489; Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:44:30 -0400 To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:44:28 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: "Stanley Sidlov" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2.20.2300 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]The 'Final' Nail in WEP's Coffin? Message-ID: X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 216.107.0.100 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Lewis, quick, get a patent attorney.... On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:19:55 -0400, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: >I think the trick to effective WPA configuration will be when these >AP/router combo boxes come with USB ports and a small memory stick, >which will allow the settings to be downloaded to the stick and then >plugged into the computer to be configured. A simple xml file would be >read by the client software, and a new profile created for the newly >encrypted network. This would take all the pain out of manually typing >in encryption keys with symbols, numerals, and letters, and allow for >even longer keys, making the encryption harder to break (though 256-bit >AES is pretty tough).