All,

In light of the WPA2 exploit, I want to share an email exchange that I had with 
a colleague.
Basically at the minimum disable 802.11r
> 
>> On 10-16-17 18:21, Philippe Hanset wrote:
>> So is it correct to state the following:
>> 1) WPA2 is vulnerable 
> 
> Well, it wasn't properly implemented; so implementations are vulnerable.
> 
>> 2) Firmware patches should fix infrastructure side and device side
> 
> ... and quite some have them available already, and/or you disable 11r
> for now,
> 
>> 3) Unpatched infrastructure will put all devices at risk
> 
> Yes and no; you can mitigate the risks by disabling 802.11r, and the
> risk with eg. patched devices is that you could decrypt traffic from the
> network to a client.
> 
>> 4) Unpatched devices will be at risk when joining any infrastructure but 
>> will not risk the integrity of patched infrastructure.
> 
> Unpatched clients will have the risk of having their data decrypted, or
> (in the case of mostly Android) have no encryption at all for their
> upstream data.
> 
> 
Philippe Hanset
www.eduroam.us
www.anyroam.net
> 

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