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For the record, the “flawed and insecure process” I was referring to is WPS. TKIP was a good stop-gap measure, but WPS…let’s just say I have my reservations
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@@ron, AMEN ! Sbyrum, It’s not really broken yet – not if you use non-default SSID’s and good passphrases of an adequate length.
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TKIP was intended to be a temporary solution. They knew it would be crack-able but needed a better solution to wep that could be done on the hardware at the time. When Tkip was put in place most of...
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A cruel irony — the group that certifies my product for proper behavior and security invents a horribly flawed and insecure process for network admission. Oops!!!
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I have been a major promoter for WFA, at my company, for the last several years and agree wholeheartedly. However, I do think they jumped the gun a bit by dumping WPA-TKIP. I think it still has a...
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I work at a wireless network equipment manufacturer and we’ve been through the WFA certification process a few times. Each time we’re required to acquire a few more certifications because customers...
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I am hopeful that the WFA will do just that. One problem from a manufacturers point of view is that some of the certifications are disjoint. That is, you may need more than one for a single product....
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Good point, I hadn’t considered that. I assumed that the study guide and practice exam on the companion cd were authored at the same time. That’s probably not the case, but I still wonder about the...
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I don’t have the book in front of me to reference, but this may not be an “either / or” situation. The answer may depend on when these parts were written. If there were not many “n” stations about, it...
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I’m a little confused about the prevalence and real-world use of the CFB. Practice Exam 1 question 29 on the companion CD states that the CFB is always used by 11n stations, together with TXOP, RIFS,...
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