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Researchers Claim to Crack 802.1x WiFi

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 16, 2002 @02:45AM from the security-is-an-illusion dept.

satsujin writes: "Researchers from the University of Maryland have released a paper on the weaknesses found in the 802.11x protocol. It looks like it might not be as strong as Cisco has contended."

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but I still love the wireless by stego · 2002-02-16 03:04 · Score: 5, Interesting

I have a wireless setup at home and absolutely love it. I also assume that everything I do on the network is transparent and so take appropriate steps when the situation is called for. Props to all the developers of GPG and OpenSSH.

And - this type of thing will only eventually lead to us having a more secure wireless networking protocol. Aren't you glad that these guys have the freedom to this kind of research?
Just curious... by siliconwafer · 2002-02-16 03:13 · Score: 4, Interesting

Would authentication using Mac Addresses take care of this problem? Or at least mac-address checking... Each wireless client has a Mac Address, after all....