Editing Initialization vector (section)

== WEP IV ==
The [[802.11]] [[encryption]] [[algorithm]] called WEP (short for [[Wired Equivalent Privacy]]) used a short, 24-bit IV, leading to reused IVs with the same key, which led to it being easily cracked.<ref name="Intercepting_Mobile_Comm_Nik_Ian_Dav">{{cite web |first1=Nikita |last1=Borisov |author-link1=Nikita Borisov |first2=Ian |last2=Goldberg |author-link2=Ian Goldberg |first3=David |last3=Wagner |author-link3=David A. Wagner |title = Intercepting Mobile Communications: The Insecurity of 802.11 |url = http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/mobicom.pdf |access-date = 2006-09-12 }}</ref>  [[Packet injection]] allowed for WEP to be cracked in times as short as several seconds. This ultimately led to the deprecation of WEP.