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why WEP isnt secure

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why WEP isnt secure

i just want to make sure what i know is correct about why WEP isnt secure. when a client wants to send data to AP using WEP, the WEP key(which is the password the user uses to connect to wifi-so this is known to whoever is on the network-) and an IV(initialization vector)are used to generate a key-stream using RC4 and then xoring between keystream and plain text will be used to generate the cipher text, later this IV will be appended(in plain text) to the cipher text and sent over the network, now someone within the network if he captures this data will be able to know the IV and already knows the WEP password so he will be able to regenerate the keystream and then XOR again with the cipher text to find out what the original text is. is this true or not?