Pat, the reason those "in the know" about WEP and its weaknesses don't
> like to talk about it is that we sometimes use it for our customers.
> The problem is that WPA, although it has much better security, is
> notoriously hard to get running, especially between nodes made by
> different manufacturers. I've had occasions where I promised to
> encrypt a customer's WiFI network and was forced to use WEP rather
> than admit I couldn't get WPA to function.
This strikes me as gross, willful negligence -- with an attempt to conceal the same from your client ("rather than admit I couldn't get WPA to function"). If one of your clients suffers for it, I think it would be entirely just for you to suffer the consequences.
Real network security professionals do not behave as described above.
William, please don't tar us all with the sticky brush of your own behavior.
Thor Lancelot Simon snipped-for-privacy@rek.tjls.com
"The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky