WPA/TKIP cracked

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WPA/TKIP cracked

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Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks.
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To do this, Tews and his co-researcher Martin Beck found a way to break the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) key, used by WPA, in a relatively short amount of time: 12 to 15 minutes
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Note that this doesn't break WPA as a whole. Just disable TKIP on your router / put it in AES-only mode. TKIP has always been considered less secure, it's just there for compatibility with old, WEP-only devices.
 
KnightMare said:
so in other words, WPA hasnt been cracked.
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That's what the slash is meant. I intentionally did not use an ampersand. Perhaps I should have used a hyphen. Or just put down "TKIP".

A lot of routers do default to TKIP/AES though, and the difference is not obvious to those who aren't in the know.
 
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