Re: Fwd: WiFi is no longer a viable secure connection

[Cedric Blancher <blancher () cartel-securite fr>]

Le samedi 11 octobre 2008 à 09:08 +0530, Anshuman G a écrit :

> I have turned off SSID broadcast and its pretty obscure, the password
> is obscure too, its WPA personal, i think its impossible to crack/get
> in my router without knowing SSID :D .

But your SSID is very easy to retrieve, as it is leaked every time you
associate a legitimate box to your wlan... And guess what: the regular
process of cracking a WPA PSK implies disassociating a client to sniff
the 4-way handshake. Doing this, the attacker will also sniff SSID
cleartext in the air.

Which means: *do not* rely on SSID cloaking for your security.


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