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Re: [OT] Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse



On 16/10/2017 21:12, Curt wrote:
https://www.krackattacks.com/

  Our attack is especially catastrophic against version 2.4 and above of
  wpa_supplicant, a Wi-Fi client commonly used on Linux. Here, the client will
  install an all-zero encryption key instead of reinstalling the real key.

Uh-oh.


It was addressed in Debian by DSA-3999-1 I think, but will probably linger for a long time on routers, phones, appliances and IoT all over the world. After Bluetooth a few weeks ago, now wpa2 wifi, most of the wireless consumer electronic have it's base covered and ripe for cracking...


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