What is WEP crack?

What is WEP crack?

First, let's explain some background to WEP cracking. WEP is short for Wired Equivalent Privacy or Wireless Encryption Protocol, and it is one of the measures in wireless security that were at the inception of wireless networking. WEP has been flawed since its inception, but because nothing better was available in the beginning of the Wi-Fi era, it was publicly implemented as "better to have flawed WEP than nothing at all." Because WEP includes many shortcomings, many enthusiasts out there enjoy simply going through the effort of attempting to "break it" or to "crack it". Cracking the WEP in this context means simply obtaining the WEP key to gain access to a wireless network access point and to the network.

Is WEP crack OK?

Second, we have to talk about the legality of WEP cracking. Some people do it for fun, some do it to learn, some do it as a proof of concept, some do it to test their network vulnerability, some do it "just because", some do it for other reasons.
Breaking someone's WEP key for the purpose of gaining access to someone else's Internet access or data is not ethical, and we can't assume any implied or expressed responsibility for your actions. This web page is provided for educational purposes only, and only to those visitors who wish to learn WEP cracking for legitimate reasons (such as testing their network).
We provide this tutorial which talks about How to crack WEP with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG. To be fair, we also would like to draw your attention to our five-part wireless security tutorial which helps you to make your network more secure. Our tutorial talks about WPA, WPA2, MAC addressing, IPSec, VPN, PSK, and many other wireless security measures.

Is WEP crack easy?

It depends on your initial knowledge and equipment. Cracking WEP itself is relatively easy and can take as little as 5 minutes. The problem is often with setting up your computer, so that it does what it needs to do for WEP cracking. In most cases, you need to upgrade your wireless driver which you first need to find somewhere. Finding out how to set up your computer to crack WEP can take weeks!