In 2006, Bittau, Handley, and Lackey showed that the 802.11 protocol itself can be used against WEP to enable earlier attacks that were previously thought impractical.
2006. aastal demonstreerisid Andrea Bittau, Mark Handley ja Joshua Lackey , et 802.11 protokolli saab ise WEPi vastu ära kasutada, et võimaldada varasemaid rünnakuid, mida varem peeti ebapraktiliseks.