WPA "broken"...12-15 min hack

Probably why they updated to WPA2, which i have been using for two years. Nobody is hacking my shit. But really, if they really really want to, they're gonna eventually hack your wifi.
 
As per PC World's write-up on this:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/153396/once_thought_safe_wpa_wifi_encryption_is_cracked.html said:
They have not, however, managed to crack the encryption keys used to secure data that goes from the PC to the router in this particular attack
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So it looks to only be a crack for half the equation; the PC can read data sent to it, but can't send any information of it's own to the AP. Nevertheless an interesting read, might have to set up some in house runs to give the new tkip crack a whirl since it's supposedly already in the latest builds of aircrack-ng.
 
Tekara said:
As per PC World's write-up on this:



So it looks to only be a crack for half the equation; the PC can read data sent to it, but can't send any information of it's own to the AP. Nevertheless an interesting read, might have to set up some in house runs to give the new tkip crack a whirl since it's supposedly already in the latest builds of aircrack-ng.
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Ya please let us know if you can crack the tkip exchange, and report back here.
 
Curious what type of setup was involved in this. Was is lots of effort done in a lab environment? Or something that could, within reason, be pulled off by sitting outside a building in some car?

Just like many vulnerabilities and exploits and methods of cracking....there are proof of concepts, there are "done in the labs...under a certain environment"....and then there are the few that are practical enough to be done outside in the real world.
 
Ahh, this is why you should name your wifi "Ephesians 4:22"

You are then protected.
 
`danny said:
Well if you wanted to scare them name it "Ezekiel 25:17" haha
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LOL

But honestly, all routers now days have WPA2, sure our 3 year old laptop doesn't....but still. If someone really wants to interupt my hardforum surfing...FINE! I'll use my desktop ;)
 
If someone is so desperate to suck a little bandwidth from my crappy comcast connection, then by all means, go right ahead.....
 
It'll still be far easier to break into a house and plug in an Ethernet cable than it would be to break into a WPA-encrypted wireless network (and actually be able to do something with it).
 
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