Source: aeswepd Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Lennart Poettering Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.0.0), xmltoman, libmcrypt-dev, libdaemon-dev, lynx Standards-Version: 3.6.0 Package: aeswepd Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: A UNIX daemon for changing WEP keys of WLAN devices in constant intervals aeswepd is a UNIX daemon for changing WEP keys of WLAN devices in constant intervals. The WEP keys are calculated by encrypting the current UNIX time using the AES cypher with a given constant key. aeswepd strengthens the security of the weak hardware based, standards compliant WEP technology. . aeswepd may use up to three hardware WEP keys: the first is set to the current, the second to the previous and the third to the next key. This is useful when working with not completely synchronized RTCs. If only a single hardware WEP key is used, you have to synchronize your RTCs so that no connectivity interrupts may occur. . aeswepd has several advantages over other solutions to improve WEP: it is easy to use, doesn't involve computing intensive algorithms, doesn't increase traffic latency. On the other hand it has several disadvantages as well: it requires an installation of aeswepd on all network members, it is not standardized, currently only APs which run a flavour of Linux may be used with it.