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Re: New encryption technology closes WLAN security loopholes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Thu Sep 20 10:36:52 2001
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@wasabisystems.com>
To: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com>
Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com, mac-crypto@vmeng.com,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>
Date: 20 Sep 2001 10:34:16 -0400
In-Reply-To: "R. A. Hettinga"'s message of "Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:05:55 -0400"
Message-ID: <87sndirkwn.fsf@snark.piermont.com>
"R. A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> writes:
> [1] "New encryption technology closes WLAN security loopholes"
> Next Comm has launched new wireless LAN security technology called
> Key Hopping. The technology aims to close security gaps in Wired
> Equivalent Privacy (WEP). It uses the MD5 (message digest, version 5)
> algorithm that allows for rapid changes in encryption keys used, some
> as often as every three seconds, denying hackers the time they need
> to piece together an encryption pattern.
We don't need a new proprietary technology. IPSec tunnels from the
wireless node to the base station work just fine, and are actually
secure on top of it!
.pm
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