15 Minutes to Crack Your WPA+TKIP
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"Gone in 900 Seconds, Some Crypto Issues with WPA" is the tile of the presentation by Erik Tews scheduled for the sixth annual PacSec conference, Nov. 12 and 13 at Aoyama Diamond Hall in Tokyo. I'm told that Tews is doing work on WPA+TKIP, a very common and trusted wireless security configuration. Sounds like he's found a way to crack it. This is, it seems, the same Erik Tews described in this Register article from May, 2007, about his new and speedier WEP crack, titled "Gone in 120 Seconds: Cracking Wi-Fi Security"... Hmmm. Sounds familiar ... |
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FYI...
How to Protect Your Wi-Fi Network from the WPA Hack
- http://lifehacker.com/5079721/how-to-protect-your-wi+fi-network-from-the-wpa-hack
By Adam Pash, 11:00 AM on Fri Nov 7 2008
"WEP Wi-Fi security has been known as an easy-to-crack security protocol for a while now, which is why it was superseded by the more secure Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) standard. But now a PhD candidate studying encryption has found an exploit in the WPA standard that would allow a hacker to "send bogus data to an unsuspecting WiFi client," completely compromising your Wi-Fi security and opening your network to all sorts of hacking. Lucky for you, it's not terribly difficult to protect yourself against the new exploit.
The key: Just log into your router, switch off Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) as an encryption mode, and use Advanced Encryption System (AES) only. TKIP is the only protocol that the hack applies to, so switching to AES-only will ensure that your Wi-Fi network is safe again. It's quick and easy, so do yourself a favor and make the adjustment now so you don't run into any problems in the future."
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Posted by PC Tech | November 19, 2008 4:02 AM
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Posted by joey | January 22, 2009 5:40 PM