wi-fi security?

Odd iodine at runbox.no
Fri Aug 7 07:48:54 UTC 2009


Nils Kassube wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Well, I can't actually check any references right now, as trying to
>> follow Google to anything about cracking WPA gets me a Big Brother
>> page that says "You have attempted to access a Web site that is
>> outside of the Acceptable Use Policy", but "crack wpa" returns lots
>> of results.
> 
> How about these?
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access#Weakness_in_TKIP>
> <http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/breakingwepandwpa.pdf>

Notice that this affects only regular WPA, not WPA using AES encryption
(WPA2). Wi-Fi certified WAPs have supported WPA2 for many years.
TKIP was only made as a band-aid for the old WAPs that only had WEP support.

-- 
Odd




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