128bit Versus 64bit Encryption (wireless Stuff)
People don't know what kind of encryption to use when setting up their wireless network, so I'll simply put the pluses and minuses here, and you can choose for yourself.
64bit Encryption:
If you live in a large apartment complex, or around a lot of other people, chances are, one of them is a hacker and knows how to beat your simple 10-hex digit encryption. There is a whole website dedicated to teaching how to do so, link (You wish). They even provide script kiddie programs (script kiddie is a "hacker" who uses other programs that other people made, and claims that he made those programs).
The upside to this, is that most likely, people won't hack your wireless, or even attempt it. It's not a worth while thing. Plus it's a bit faster than 128 encryption
128bit Encryption:
People who try to hack these, usually are script kiddies who don't know a thing about packet sniffing (the process of copying downloaded information, and decoding it). It's a heck load safer than 64bit, due to the fact that it requires almost three times the hex-characters to decode. 43AC8D4D2258D79BFB6BC32608 versus 5DK29CM65A.
The upside to this, is that it takes about ten times longer to hack than a 64 bit encryption, and is highly recommended for high traffic areas). The downside, is that it takes your computer some extra millisecond to process this.
Too long?
Didn't read it?
64bit is for rural areas
128bit is for cities.
Also, it seems google knows what I am looking for:
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