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Old 07-18-2007, 01:19 AM
John Navas
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Default Re: ALERT: WPA isn't necessarily secure

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:08:02 +0100, Mark McIntyre
<markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
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>On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:49:44 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , John
>Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:11:12 +0200, hlexa@hotmail.com (Axel
>>Hammerschmidt) wrote in <1i1e44p.2336j81a0zegwN%hlexa@hotmail.com>:
>>
>>>Airman Thunderbird <airman.basic@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John Navas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > SUMMARY:
>>>> >
>>>> > WPA-PSK is vulnerable to offline attack.
>>>>
>>>> How about something like this:
>>>> https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
>>>
>>>Very usefull.

>>
>>Actually a very bad idea. See my prior response.

>
>Can I suggest that provide some evidence that the grc password
>generator is bad? As opposed to trotting out the party Anti-Gibson
>line, that is.


It's patently bad, as anyone in security would tell you. We have no
idea how it actually works, who has access to the passwords, or who
might have hacked the website. Without peer review, it's the same as
unsafe sex. Worse, the statements on the website are patent baloney.

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