Chapter 4. WLAN Encryption Flaws
"640K is more memory than anyone will ever need." | ||
| --Bill Gates, Founder, Microsoft | ||
Even with the best of intentions, the future is always unpredictable. The WLAN committee designed WEP and then WPA to be foolproof encryption mechanisms but, over time, both these mechanisms had flaws that have been widely publicized and exploited in the real world.
WLAN encryption mechanisms have had a long history of being vulnerable to cryptographic attacks. It started with WEP in early 2000, which eventually was completely broken. In recent times, WPA has been proven to contain multiple flaws that have been addressed and readdressed. Even though there is no public attack available currently to break WPA in all general conditions, ...
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