On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Daniel Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is it that WPA is cracked or TKIP. If it is only TKIP then WPA/WPA2 with > AES is still fine, correct? Also, I have been wondering what the difference > between WPA and WPA2 is. This ended up being on of the first google hits, and had a pretty basic primer on it. http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/WPA/WPA2 As a tie back to the main discussion, I found this networkworld article as well: It was written by Joshua Wright of Aruba Networks in September of 2006. http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/091106-wireless-security.html It was interesting that he notes: It is important to note, however, that TKIP was designed as an interim solution for wireless security, with the goal of providing sufficient security for 5 years while organizations transitioned to the full IEEE 802.11i security mechanism. While there have not been any catastrophic weaknesses reported in the TKIP protocol, organizations should take this design requirement into consideration and plan to transition WPA networks to WPA2 to take advantage of the benefits provided by the RSN architecture. I guess we can't say we weren't warned. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
