[AusNOG] WPA2 Wireless Security Crackable With "Relative Ease"

Paul Gear ausnog at libertysys.com.au
Sat Mar 22 23:38:56 EST 2014


Anyone found a source for the original paper referenced in this 
article?  I can usually get most journals through my CSU library access, 
but this one is coming up negative so far.

Thanks in advance,
Paul

On 03/22/2014 04:20 PM, Heinz N wrote:
> This found on slashdot.org:
>
> http://phys.org/news/2014-03-wpa2-wireless.html#jCp
>
> "Achilleas Tsitroulis of Brunel University, UK, Dimitris Lampoudis of 
> the University of Macedonia, Greece and Emmanuel Tsekleves of 
> Lancaster University, UK, have investigated the vulnerabilities in 
> WPA2 and present its weakness. They say that this wireless security 
> system might now be breached with relative ease by a malicious attack 
> on a network. They suggest that it is now a matter of urgency that 
> security experts and programmers work together to remove the 
> vulnerabilities in WPA2 in order to bolster its security or to develop 
> alternative protocols to keep our wireless networks safe from hackers 
> and malware."
>
> I hope they're wrong.
>
> H.
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