3 ms·
> An attacker can't create a different network with the same SSID and trick existing devices to connect to it, right? Can't he? Wouldn't the existing devices j
by konschubert 8y ago
> An attacker can't create a different network with the same SSID and trick existing devices to connect to it, right?
Can't he? Wouldn't the existing devices just try to connect to whatever broadcasts that SSID.
- josteink 8y agoSome devices actually verify the MAC of the sender, but that’s probably the exception and not the rule.
- NickNameNick 8y agoThat wouldn't help - Its trivial to configure an access point to advertise a user-selected MAC address, and the MAC address of an AP is broadcast in the clear even on WPA2 encrypted networks.
- vengefulduck 8y agoI think the parent post is referting to a Message Authentication Code not a mac address which an attacker couldn't forge.