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To: bitt
> if you have wi-fi enabled on your IPhone while you’re out and about, a hacker can grab your info?

I'm not exactly sure precisely which clients are vulnerable, because there's a lot of crap/fake info floating around, and some folks are desperate to convince themselves (and others) that their preferred device or OS is "safe".

I created this thread mainly to raise FReepers' consciousness about the problem, but I don't claim to have a definitive list of the exact info -- yet. Data is still emerging, and one has to be careful about what one takes as gospel, at least early on in the discussion.

20 posted on 10/16/2017 7:36:07 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

The website (https://www.krackattacks.com) seemed a bit breathless with “all systems are affected” (oh noes!) and was coy about what exactly was the real issue on Windows and Macs. I had to dig down pretty far into the original paper to find the Group Key issue and at first glance it looks pretty minor from what I can tell, at least for Windows 10 clients.

The original paper is at

https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/ccs2017.pdf

According to the paper, Windows 10 is not vulnerable to most of the attack vectors. The only significant one I saw was for the Group Key, where the vulnerability lets broadcasts and multicasts be replayed (but not alter them if I read it correctly). Any client on the network can already replay a broadcast or multicast by just resending it so I am not sure how this new vulnerablity is all that significant on Windows 10.


25 posted on 10/16/2017 8:04:07 AM PDT by Gideon7
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To: dayglored

thanks! will bmk


26 posted on 10/16/2017 8:07:55 AM PDT by bitt (The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literal)
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