Wireless Office

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 06:22:27PM -0500, James Knott wrote:
> WPA2 uses AES encryption and, when available, a RADIUS key server, which
> makes a very secure combination (802.11i).  If you're so worried, you'd
> better not be using any commercial ISP or phone company, as it's much
> easier to eavesdrop there.  Then again, there's the question of whether
> what you have to communicate is worth the effort required to break in.

No, WPA2 mandages support for AES, it does not mandate use of AES.  It
still supposed TKIP.  WEP and WPA also supported 802.1x authentication
agaist a radius server.  WPA2 didn't change anything there.

> Don't forget, AES is not only approved by the NIST, it is also a
> publicly available standard, which means any competent person can verify
> it's integrity.

Certainly a good idea to use it.

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Len Sorensen
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