Re: Protected WLAN

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On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 03:55 +0000, g wrote:
> On 05/18/2011 03:09 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> <>
> 
> > WEP is known to be vulnerable. WPA has some weaknesses in some
> > circumstances. WPA2 however is thought to be secure if you use a
> > hard-to-guess password.
> 
> as you say *thought to be secure*.

Given that there does not exist any cryptographic system which is
provably secure, with the exception of a one-time pad using a random key
as long as the plaintext, "thought to be secure" is the best anyone can
do.

> > A quick look at Wikipedia could have told you this.
> 
> i am not aware of what wikipedia states. post a link and i will read it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access

> > Just for completeness, I visited some of the referenced URLS:
> 
> as i stated, just a few, as i have too many to post them all, and what
> i did post was a search of bookmarks using wifi/wireless/wlan and hack
> for search. nor i did not open any of the links i posted to see just
> exactly how they related.

In other words, you didn't check that the links you posted were relevant
to the point at issue.

When you post something relevant, I'll look at it. Telling people "there
are plenty of references on Google" is not an argument.

poc

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