[ale] WiFi Hacking

Hogg, Russell E ctcrreho at opm.gov
Thu Jul 10 15:35:09 EDT 2003



 
 
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size=2>Another good WPA article.
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<A 
href="http://www.80211-planet.com/spring03/article.php/2210441">http://www.80211-planet.com/spring03/article.php/2210441
 
I'll 
cease flooding the list with my replies now.
 
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  <FONT 
  face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Hogg, Russell E 
  [mailto:ctcrreho at opm.gov] Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:09 
  PMTo: 'ale at ale.org'Subject: RE: [ale] WiFi 
  Hacking
  Well, I've honestly not done much 
  reading on it. 
  But it looks to as if that's required for the full benefits in 
  an enterprise situation. That PDF does describe a 
  "home" mode.. 
  I'll cut and paste 
  Wi-Fi Protected Access for Home/SOHO In a home or Small 
  Office/ Home Office (SOHO) environment, where there are no central 
  authentication servers or EAP framework, Wi-Fi Protected Access runs in a 
  special home mode. This mode, also called Pre-Shared Key (PSK), allows the use 
  of manually-entered keys or passwords and is designed to be easy to set up for 
  the home user. All the home user needs to do is enter a password (also called 
  a master key) in their access point or home wireless gateway and each PC that 
  is on the Wi-Fi wireless network. Wi-Fi Protected Access takes over 
  automatically from that point. First, the password allows only devices with a 
  matching password to join the network, which keeps out eavesdroppers and other 
  unauthorized users. Second, the password automatically kicks off the TKIP 
  encryption process, described above.
  ____________________________________________ <FONT 
  size=2>ctcrreho at opm.gov 
  -----Original Message----- From: 
  hbbs at comcast.net [<A 
  href="mailto:hbbs at comcast.net">mailto:hbbs at comcast.net] <FONT 
  size=2>Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:01 PM To: 
  ale at ale.org Subject: RE: [ale] WiFi Hacking 
  
  Thanks for the link - as I read this, it seems that in order 
  to implement this WPA, you have to implement a central authentication 
  infrastructure of some kind, e.g., RADIUS?
  > > > 
  Wi-Fi Protected Access is supposed to be the answer to the WEP 
  > problems. > 
  > <A 
  href="http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/pdf/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access_Overview.pd" 
  target=_blank>http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/pdf/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access_Overview.pd 
  > f > <FONT 
  size=2>> Wether or not it is probably remains to be determined.  Am 
  sure > there's plenty on the web about it. 
  > > As always a good VPN would 
  be the way to go.. > > 
  Russ > > 
  > > 
  ____________________________________________ > 
  ctcrreho at opm.gov > > 
  > > <FONT 
  size=2>> -----Original Message----- > From: 
  hbbs at comcast.net [<A 
  href="mailto:hbbs at comcast.net">mailto:hbbs at comcast.net] <FONT 
  size=2>> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:26 PM > 
  To: ale at ale.org > Subject: [ale] WiFi 
  Hacking > > 
  > Looking at <A 
  href="http://www.dlink.com.au/products/routers/di624/" 
  target=_blank>http://www.dlink.com.au/products/routers/di624/ I am seeing 
  > a number of purported "security features," to 
  include WPA.  Am I > correct in assuming that, 
  even if you use all the features of this > 
  particular device, it's still subject to that "sniff half a gig and 
  > you can be on it" attack? <FONT 
  size=2>> > - Jeff > 
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