Does anyone know if there is WPA support for OpenBSD being worked on?
This would be nice.

David Newman wrote:
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On 11/22/07 1:55 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > David Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
>>>> >>>> There is some layer-2 stuff that happens before layer-3
handshaking
>>>> >>>> begins -- 802.11 association and deassociation, possibly layer-2
>>>> >>>> learning, and 802.1X authentication if that's used. IPSec will
not and
>>>> >>>> cannot secure any of this.
>>> >>> Is there any need to secure that? In my local WLAN, you only
have two
>>> >>> ways of proceeding if you want internet access: a Tor router, or
>>> >>> IPsec.
>> >> Before either of those processes begin, I can associate like crazy to
>> >> your access point. That would ensure you never get Internet
access, even
>> >> without my flinging a single IP packet at you.
> >
> > Duh.  It's a *radio* network.  Of course it can be DoS-ed.  WEP
> > doesn't change that.  In fact, popular attacks against WEP generate
> > massive L2 traffic.
> >

Yes. WPA is somewhat better (in that the better controller-based systems
have rate controls). Other than being better than nothing on really old
hardware, WEP is worthless.

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