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What encryption level was set on the WiFi? WEP is compromised and can be hacked. Reset the router and change the protocol
by space_rock 6y ago
What encryption level was set on the WiFi? WEP is compromised and can be hacked. Reset the router and change the protocol
- JaggerJo 6y agoWPA Personal (WPA 2 only)
- brudgers 6y agoWPA is much better than WEP, but not uncompromised in the face of a determined attacker. Or to put another way, it's often good enough, but not always. https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/how-to-hack-wifi-password.html https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/how-to-hack-wifi-password....
- JaggerJo 6y agoIs WPA Enterprise any better?
- brudgers 6y agoI don't know. My guess is that since the weaknesses are in the protocol, adding a Radius server makes management easier but doesn't change the mathematics. This means that the network is more secure from things like weak passwords, but not handshake attacks. I see from Wikipedia there is a new WPA3 protocol, and that's where I would start if I was worried about security to that degree. I am not, so I have not upgraded openwrt on my router.
- Spooky23 6y agoYes. Instead of a preshared key shared by all sessions, each session gets a different key. With WPA personal, if you compromise the key, you can record traffic and decrypt forward and backward in time. With enterprise, you can only decrypt a session. The fundamental technology/encryption is the same.