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I don't really know enough about this stuff, but couldn't you just generate some kind of temporary encryption credentials upon the initial wifi connection hands
by jschuur 16y ago
I don't really know enough about this stuff, but couldn't you just generate some kind of temporary encryption credentials upon the initial wifi connection handshake and use that for the duration of the session?
I've always assumed that the reason it's not done is that the CPU resources needed to handle decryption of a reasonably strength was too much for a bunch of simultaneous connections on affordable hardware.
- cma 16y agoNope, a man-in-the-middle attack would defeat that.
- jschuur 16y ago@cma: you mean I couldn't verify the identity of the router upfront and might handshake with someone pretending to be it? I figured you could tell by the SSID of who you're connected too if it's the right one, assuming the official one isn't offline. See, I knew that I didn't know enough about this to lead a decent conversation ;)