Thanks for the note.

Some questions I would have before panicking.

At the low end, the common wisdom has been to use WPA-PSK (TKIP ) with
a very long passphrase.  I'm not sure this attack works with long
passphrase but if it's not a dictionary attack, maybe it does?
WPA-PSK (with long passphrase) is very valuable for devices that only
supports it and for Home/Soho environments.

The other question I would have is does it impact WPA-Enterprise (TKIP
encryption with rotating keys?).  Yes, WPA2 with AES is great but it's
slower and takes up more processing (meaning less battery life on
handheld devices).

I get a sense that all some people are interested in saying is
"wireless security is futile, we told you!" which is a little annoying
and counterproductive.  OK, the motive is to publish papers and fill
conference seats but it's still annoying for wireless LAN architects,
sysadmin and instructors.

Half the secret to a successful deployment is understanding where the
flaws really are.  In Infosec (the other stuff I teach), risk
assessment is a huge portion of information security.  Where exactly
are the risks here? I guess we'll only find out after the "full house"
presentation at PacSec? ;-)  You can't buy this type of advertising!
:-)

 Jonn Martell, CWNE #47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not speaking on behalf of my EDU).


On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:14 AM, Mike King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just saw this on one of my RSS feeds
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153396/once_thought_safe_wpa_wifi_encryption_is_cracked.html
>
> The short list of points:
> 1.  Only affects WPA (NOT WPA2)
> 2.  Only affects TKIP (NOT AES)
> 3.  Only affects traffic from router to PC (NOT PC to router)
>      Can also be used to send bogus info from router to PC
> 4.  Takes approx 12-15 minutes to crack key
> 5.  Some of the code used to demonstrate this was added to Aircrack-ng two
> weeks ago.
> Authors state this is not the dictionary attack that has been around for
> awhile, but a new way to "trick" the router into sending the attacker larges
> amount of data, and a new cryptographic attack that decodes the WPA TKIP
> key.
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