Originally Posted By: tfabris
If I understand it correctly, breaking a WEP key takes a long time and involves storing a lot of wireless traffic

Breaking the key after data has been collected takes very little time. It used to be that you had to collect a lot of data, but new algorithms have come to light that require much less data, and there are also techniques for getting the AP to generate data, instead of having to wait for that much data to be transmitted in the normal course of legitimate use. All in all, it takes maybe ten minutes, tops.
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