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Re: [OT] Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse



On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:46:08 -0500
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

> On Thu 19 Oct 2017 at 18:07:20 (+0200), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 11:07:01AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:05:23 +0100
> > > Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Wed 18 Oct 2017 at 21:30:48 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Yes, what I'm probably going to do is use the printer's ethernet
> > > connection along with a Powerline adapter into a nearby power outlet.
> > 
> > And how secure are the powerline adapters? Most probably they're
> > broadcasting their stuff over your and your neighbour's AC net on
> > top of some unspecified proprietary modulation. Just sayin'...
> 
> AIUI 128-bit AES on non-ancient ones. For your neighbour to eavesdrop,
> they need to press their device's authenticate button when you press
> yours. You can probably minimise the chances of the authentication

See this thread:

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/9725/are-powerline-ethernet-adapters-inherently-secure

and this post in particular:

https://security.stackexchange.com/a/76266

Celejar


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