Wireless Office

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.
> 

When I connect to my WPA2 WiFi, Knetworkmanager shows "RSN" or "Robust 
Security Network", which is the best you can do, short of using a RADIUS 
server.  If you run TKIP, you don't see that.


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