Re: [Nolug] [Fwd: US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA12-006A -- Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) Vulnerable to Brute-Force Attack]

Petri Laihonen wrote:
> I've never used such feature.
> I doubt any of my equipment even supports this.
>

It's new. I bought an AP recently that has it. It made me laugh.

Truly I don't know why companies or whatever think they can get away
from flimsy security. Even if this hole didn't exist, a single PIN is
going to be less secure than an SSID/passphrase pair.

--Joey

> P
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Michael Walker <doublethrow@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>> Can be cracked in < 11,000 guesses. Nice.
>>
>> On a related note:
>> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Preventing_Brute_Force_Attacks
>>
>> --
>> Mike
>> On Jan 6, 2012 9:12 PM, "Ron Johnson" <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 01/06/2012 08:12 PM, Joey Kelly wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>>> (WPS) provides simplified mechanisms to blah blah
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Why am I *not* surprised?
>>>
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