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Security Vulnerability in Apple's AirPort Base Station

Posted by pudge on from the newsflash-wireless-is-insecure dept.

inditek writes "At Stake has issued a security warning today about a vulnerability in Apple's AirPort Base Station: 'Apple's AirPort device is a wireless access point, providing 802.11 services to network clients. Authentication credentials are obfuscated, and then sent over the network. If an AirPort is administered over the Ethernet interface or via an insecure (non WEP) wireless connection, an attacker that can sniff the network can obtain administrative access to the AirPort.'"

3 of 60 comments (clear)

  1. Re:not just wifi weaknesses - xor obfuscation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    By your comment, I assume you have translated what 'XOR' means. You have thus illegally broken the encryption the parent poster was using, and possibly have accessed secret material in so doing. You are hereby served a lawsuit under the US law of the DMCA for breaking an encryption scheme, and then hinting to others on how to break it as well. Expect to be 'disappeared' before you even have a chance to read this comment.

  2. Re:Er.. since when has WEP been "secure"? by mrpuffypants · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd hit em with my car....that'll stop script kiddies on their iBook!

  3. commonsense.slashdot.org by Peer · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would be like; security.microsoft.com