Published: 07 August 2001
ID: G0099926
Analyst(s): Martin Reynolds
WEP is the standard security mechanism for 802.11b wireless LAN networking. Over the last year, several security weaknesses in the WEP algorithms have become public. Gartner Dataquest views these as serious issues and recommends that vendors and IT managers take prompt action to eliminate potentially disastrous security weaknesses. WEP is not a long-term solution.
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