Wireless QOTD May 3rd

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I'm back. Here's Monday's entry. Answer later.

 

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Nobody?

 

Either A or B, hmm.

I'll go for B

Would like an explanation of what IV is, after everyones voted of course.

 

My spider-sense says C.

Something to do with 2*24 and 18 hours sounds right.

 

I'm giving it about another 30 minutes or so, gang. Any last minute voters better get it done quick.

 

I have no idea. D

 

Time's up. The answer is...



A: 5 hours. Yep, that's all. After that, the sequence starts over again and that's what makes 24-bit IV a bad choice. All a hacker has to do is sniff the stream and collect the data. When it starts over again, he's got what he needs to break in. I'm posting a couple of links about IV:

tom's networking

and

sciencedaily. Enjoy. More tomorrow.