> For WEP, it was the bad keying algorithm. Yup! That period is blurring together, but this is the key part: >For a 24-bit IV, there is a 50% probability the

> For WEP, it was the bad keying algorithm. Yup! That period is blurring together, but this is the key part: >For a 24-bit IV, there is a 50% probability the same IV will repeat after 5,000 packets. I still remember being amazed by simple concepts like a dictionary attack -- five thousand sounds like a lot of something, but you could repeat five thousand packets in under five seconds when I actually tried it myself for a class or whatever.