💻 Software
Can attackers harvest WiFi passwords by spoofing ESSID?
Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 20263968 viewsConfidence Score0%
0%
Problem
I've recently started using wireless on an (Arch) laptop. My wireless manager (wicd) is set up to automatically associate with any networks with a certain ESSID and attempt to authenticate with them. Is that a security risk? In particular, could an attacker set up a network with the same ESSID as t…
Unverified for your environment
Select your OS to check compatibility.
1 Fix
Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification
Fix for: Can attackers harvest WiFi passwords by spoofing ESSID?
Low Risk
Pre-shared-keys are never transmitted during the establishment of a wifi session - in other words the client never says "This is the key I have, can I come in?". Simplifying what happens somewhat in a crappy WEP session, it goes like this: The clien…
Awaiting Verification
Be the first to verify this fix
Sign in to verify this fix