Does wireless internet connection make it harder for Feds to hastle me?

[builtthekid]

Umm **** Ive been working with computers all my life and I still dont know
what the hell he was tallking about.

[max2extreme]

Sorry, Im in the computer intrusion/security field...Ill explain a little...TKIP is the next generation of WEP. Currently lets say you send 1000 packets. The encryption is going to be only 24 bit. AND every packet of that 1000 packets is going to have the same 24 bit encryption key. 802.11i uses AES which is up to 256 bit encryption. Not only that, but instead of having 1 256 bit key for all 1000 packets, EVERY packet will have a different 256 bit key. Understand?

The message integrity check... lets say an attacker sends in false credentials to try gain access. Your computer sends back a msg "you dont have credentials" or what not..well the attacker can just write a 3 line perl code, attached to a packet send back and basically shuts down the system, giving him access. The MIC attaches a few bytes to each packet to make these packets tamper proof.

In a robust security network, ALL IOS communcations and data transfers are ALWAYS encrypted. Not just messages and files, but all upward and downward system requests, status replies, and meta data.

Hope this helps..sorry to talk above some people..

-max

[CarbonCopy]

Sorry, Im in the computer intrusion/security field...Ill explain a little...TKIP is the next generation of WEP. Currently lets say you send 1000 packets. The encryption is going to be only 24 bit. AND every packet of that 1000 packets is going to have the same 24 bit encryption key. 802.11i uses AES which is up to 256 bit encryption. Not only that, but instead of having 1 256 bit key for all 1000 packets, EVERY packet will have a different 256 bit key. Understand?

The message integrity check... lets say an attacker sends in false credentials to try gain access. Your computer sends back a msg "you dont have credentials" or what not..well the attacker can just write a 3 line perl code, attached to a packet send back and basically shuts down the system, giving him access. The MIC attaches a few bytes to each packet to make these packets tamper proof.

In a robust security network, ALL IOS communcations and data transfers are ALWAYS encrypted. Not just messages and files, but all upward and downward system requests, status replies, and meta data.

Hope this helps..sorry to talk above some people..

-max

Actually, WPA is a subset of 802.11i. And, I believe WPA will have backward compatibility with the older standards.

Peace,

CC

[max2extreme]

Yea you're right, 802.11i will be backward compatible with WPA, but the AES encryption option requires coprocessors that arent in most access points today.

Later,

-max