Re: Does Wi-Fi Security Really Matter?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.waikato
Organization Geek Central
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:58:51 +1300, I wrote:

> Seems the Wi-Fi Alliance is having yet another crack at coming up with
> a really secure protocol, this time to be called WPA3
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/09/wi_fi_wpa3/>.

Turns out the new spec (or at least some implementations of it) has some
serious flaws that imperil its security
<https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/04/serious-flaws-leave-wpa3-vulnerable-to-hacks-that-steal-wi-fi-passwords/>.

> Does anybody care? Remember that on the Internet, security is
> implemented between the endpoints, the protocols are designed not to
> care that everything in-between might be pawed through by
> eavesdroppers, or even active attackers trying to inject fake data.

What I said here still goes.
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