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Posted by Sebastian G. on March 24, 2008, 10:46 am
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> publicjq.8230.cst@live.ca writes:
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>> Currently I have a system that cannot handle wireless encryption.
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> ???? Please name the system. I challenge the assertion.
I give you an immediate counter example: AMD PCNet 3127 PCMCIA card, based
on Aetheros 1 chipset. The official driver only supports WEP, third party
drivers don't work, and neither does WPA Supplicant.
> It raises the bar for the amount of work someone interest in your
> network will have to do, but for someone at all determined it is a
> waste of time. Valid mac addresses can be seen over teh air along
> with the SSID, so all the attacker needs to do is spoof a valid mac
> and set the bssid and off they go.
Nitpick: With proper encryption, the SSID is encrypted along with the
payload. However, it doesn't matter, since you have to break the encryption
anyway.
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