nobody knows how strong WPA is.

Its potentially better than WEP. Thats about all we know.

Jim

On Nov 4, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Nelson, David wrote:

WPA's got a little weakness: poor key choice.

Stated more accurately, the Pre-Shared Key (PSK) option of WPA, using
the recommended text-to-key hashing algorithm, has a little weakness.
And only when humans fail to use the recommended 20-character or larger,
mixed text, numerics, etc. type of pass-phrases (i.e. pass-phrases that
are more inherently resistant to dictionary attack). PSK mode is
expected to be used in home and SOHO environments.


This is not a problem for the IEEE 802.1X authenticated key management
(AKM) mode of operation for WPA.  802.1X AKM is expected to be used in
enterprise environments.

-- Dave

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