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New Tools Bypass Wireless Router Security

Discussion in 'Networking (Hardware & Software)' started by Arie, 2011/12/31.

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    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff Thread Starter

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    Security researchers have released new tools that can bypass the encryption used to protect many types of wireless routers. Ironically, the tools take advantage of design flaws in a technology pushed by the wireless industry that was intended to make the security features of modern routers easier to use.

    At issue is a technology called 'Wi-Fi Protected Setup' (WPS) that ships with many routers marketed to consumers and small businesses.

    Read KrebsonSecurity Article
     
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    Excellent, but scary article. The linked site appears to be an excellent site for security information. The writer was a technology writer for the Washington Post for several years.
     
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    wildfire

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    Thankfully my modem/router can turn this feature off (I don't need it anyway), and it was one of the things I done when I first set it up.
     
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    Evan Omo

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    I actually didn't realize that the WPS feature and the routers Pin were enabled on my router until after I read the article and went in to check the settings on my Netgear router. I never had the routers Pin number disabled and upon looking in the advanced wireless settings, I was able to luckily disable the routers Pin number entirely so I guess I am secured from this type of attack.

    Also I've never used WPS since I prefer to configure my routers settings manually so I won't miss its functionality.
     
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    Yea, same for me. I disabled it after I got to know about it!
     
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    TonyT

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    I will install Reaver and test it out next time I come across a router that uses wifi Protected Access. My router is an old WRT54g running dd-wrt firmware so I cannot test my network. My neighbor has a new Netgear...
     
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