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First Practical WPA Attack

Started by Olaf Monien · 7 months ago

Martin Beck and Erik Tews are presenting the (probably) first practical attack against WPA:
http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/breakingwepandwpa.pdf
The described attack is a bit limited, but it’s interesting (and maybe scary) anyway.
WPA is the “save” succes ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • Rif

    7 months ago

    "save" should be "safe".

    When I spell in DE, I am neither sure about when to use V and when to use F :-).

    Doei RIF
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  • Olaf Monien

    7 months ago

    Ah, yes. Thanks!

    Grüße/ Regards,
    Olaf Monien
    ---------------------------
    CodeGear Technology Partner
    www.monien.net/blog
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  • Xepol

    7 months ago

    It was my understanding that TKIP's insecurity was a long standing matter of common knowledge with AES being the highly prefered method for anyone who had a clue to turn on wireless security in the first place.

    That said, you had to meet a *LOT* of very specific criteria to fall foul of their attack.
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  • Olaf Monien

    7 months ago

    True, the question is though, if they will find ways now to decrease the number of prerequisites.
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  • Mark

    7 months ago

    Thanks for the heads up.
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