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IP: RESEARCHERS CRACK NEW WIRELESS SECURITY SPEC
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:30:11 -0500
Bill was a PhD student of Jon Smith and mine at UPenn djf ------ Forwarded Message From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> RESEARCHERS CRACK NEW WIRELESS SECURITY SPEC Posted February 14, 2002 02:12 Pacific Time A UNIVERSITY OF Maryland professor and his graduate student have apparently uncovered serious weaknesses in the next-generation Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) security protocol known as 802.1x. In a paper, "An Initial Security Analysis of the IEEE 802.1X Standard" funded by the National Institute of Standards, Professor William Arbaugh and his graduate assistant Arunesh Mishra outline two separate scenarios that nullify the benefits of the new standard and leave Wi-Fi networks wide open to attacks. For the full story: <http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/02/14/020214hnwifispec.xml?0215 fram> ------ End of Forwarded Message For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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