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Myth vs. reality: Wireless SSIDs

2007-10-16 07:08:58 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...WPA2, discussed later) even states that a computer can refuse to communicate with an access point that doesn't broadcast its SSID. And, even if you think your SSID is hidden, it really isn't. Let me explain All 802.11 wireless networks, regardless of the kind of operating system or encryption you might use, also emit unencrypted frames at...
 
Tags: simple ssid discovery, network, ssid, wireless network, networks, enterprise networks, wireless networks, mac, secure networks
 
 
 
 
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iPhone 2.0 Software Adds 802.1X for Enterprises

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2008-07-10 15:51:30 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...WPA2Enterprise options appear. Select either, and the main login screen lets you enter the network's name (SSID), a user name, and a password. This basic method is limited to WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise, the two most common (and most secure) forms of 802.1X Most enterprises will want much more control over this process, and Apple...
 
Tags: software, iphone, iphone software, enterprise, wpa2 enterprise, wpa enterprise, iphone configuration utility, network security, network
 
 
 
 
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Debunking the Latest Fear Mongering News on WPA security

2008-10-13 09:07:51 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...WPA2 protection, and that they can "...break Wi-Fi encryption up to 100 times faster than by using CPU only." 100 times! 2 orders of magnitude! That must be a lot, right? Well, probably not. This is where George Ou calls shenanigans. First, he points out that this only affects password protection systems that rely on password complexity, and...
 
Tags: wpa, password, password recovery, password complexity, authentication, authentication system, complexity, wpa security, nvidia gpu acceleration
 
 
 
 
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Wireless security foiled by new exploits

2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Julie Bort in Network World on Security
 
...WPA2, PEAP, TTLS or EAP/TLS can shore up your network, if configured properly. Securing clients is a lot more difficult. These topics and more were addressed by Joshua Wright in this recent Network World chat. Wright is famous for his irreverent security blog WillHackforSushi.com. He is also the author of the six-day SANS Institute course,...
 
Tags: network, joshua wright, wright, six-day sans institute, wireless network, irreverent security blog, hacker tools hits, security conferences, popular speaker
 
 
 
 
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San Quentin visitor and volunteer information lost

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2008-03-31 11:14:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...WPA2 ( Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 ). It would be much more efficient, secure and cost effective to network this securely What happens is that we have to transport that information out to individual areas where we let people through" onto prison grounds, he said. "It's our security measure to walk the flash drive The flash drive did not...
 
Tags: prison official, prison, information, prison officials, san quentin, prison officials recently, flash drive, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: Houston-Fi, ASCII WPA Passphrases, Green Wi-Fi

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2008-08-19 10:26:25 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...WPA2 Personal Green Wi-Fi's Senegal efforts hit snags: The folks at Green Wi-Fi are well motivated, and they're running up against all forms of security theater and bureaucracy both here and in Senegal, where they have an active project. The San Francisco Chronicle notes the group's effort to build solar-powered, self-sustaining Internet...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi attacks, houston, wi-fi security, free downtown wi-fi, free, security, ascii, security theater
 
 
 
 
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Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack

2008-11-07 18:30:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
WiFi security takes a hit with the disclosure of an effective exploit for small packets encrypted with the TKIP flavor of WiFi Protected Access. The technique is fiendishly clever; the security solution, simple: switch to AES-only in WPA2
 
Tags: wifi security takes, wifi, tkip flavor, fiendishly clever, security solution, effective exploit, access, technique, packets
 
 
 
 
 
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