Subj : Insecure Wifi
To   : Avon
From : Richard Menedetter
Date : Tue Oct 17 2017 08:38 pm

Hi Avon!

17 Oct 2017 15:20, from Avon -> All:

 Av> Have a read of http://bit.ly/2iej5kE
 Av> Causing a stir today in networking and security circles. The authors
 Av> propose a new way of random number generation to help combat some of
 Av> the identified issues.

Are you sure??
That reads very much like their last years work.

I assume you mean this paper:
https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/ccs2017.pdf
from the same people.
"Key Reinstallation Attacks: Forcing Nonce Reuse in WPA2"
KRACK for short ;)

Caused me some headaches yesterday at work ...

CU, Ricsi

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