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Sephiroth87 on Oct 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Key Reinstallation Attacks – Breaking WPA2 by Forc...

Assuming neither client and router is upgraded, can this be mitigated my making the SSID hidden, so the attacker wouldn't know which AP to spoof?

SadWebDeveloper on Oct 16, 2017 | [–]

The attack doesn't need to know the SSID to find and replay the affected packet.

crshstsh on Oct 16, 2017 | [–]

hidden APs can be easily seen

Sephiroth87 on Oct 16, 2017 | [–]

Thanks, didn't know that :)

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