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Confusing Settings (to me)
In the connection settings of a common commercial VPN, you have the option to trust or not trust a network. I’m assuming that one should trust their home network (maybe I’m wrong).
When you "trust" a n… Continue reading Why does trusting a wifi network mean that I don’t need to enable the VPN?
Is it possible to prevent SAE-PK-respecting WiFi clients from connecting to a real AP that doesn’t use SAE-PK by planting an AP that broadcasts the "SAE-PK Passwords Used Exclusively" bit with the same SSID? Potential clients mig… Continue reading Can an evil AP prevent real connections by claiming SAE-PK is needed?
My school require me to install a CA to do connect to the school Wi-Fi network. In android, I can install it into Wireless CA list, and based on my understanding, that won’t give the CA owner privileges to perform the MITM attack. But it l… Continue reading How to limit the Wireless CA can only use in wireless connection on Windows?
Wi-Fi security usually means keeping virtual intruders off your network, but a new system claims to be able to use Wi-Fi networks to detect physical intruders. Gamgee’s Wi-Fi Home Alarm System can learn to recognize people and pets who belong there and… Continue reading Wild new Wi-Fi routers turn your home network into a security radar
As long as we get to make our own network security tools, why not make them look cute? Netgotchi may not be much more than an ESP8266 running network scans and …read more Continue reading A Cute Sentry Scans Your Net for Scullduggery
An Australian man faces charges for setting up fake Wi-Fi networks (“evil twins”) to steal data from unsuspecting… Continue reading Australian Man Arrested for “Evil Twin” Wi-Fi Scam Targeting Travelers
Why a Rogue Access Point can "intercept" all traffic? Rogue AP doesn’t know the shared key, so can’t decrypt the traffic… So what are the dangers? What harm can a Rogue Access Point do?
Continue reading What a Rogue AP can do? Can it intercept traffic? [duplicate]
Brute force attack against WPA is the most common attack against WPA/WPA2 networks. Attacker captures the 4-way handshake that allows the authentication key to be cracked offline.
During the 4-way handshake, several pieces of information … Continue reading In WPA handshake brute force attack, how can attacker find PMK if MIC is performed using only HALF of PTK?
I’ve been struggling with an issue on a quite simple task…
I’m trying to set up an access point with a captive portal. I can go as far as seeing the AP from the test device (my smartphone) but it says "Cannot resolve IP address"… Continue reading dnsmasq fails when I’m trying to make a fake access point with captive portal [closed]
Im in a situation where Im moving between apartments and need to live at an extended stay hotel for a week or two.
The hotel does have free WiFi but it is public. If I use my company’s VPN and visit safe / reliable websites that use HTTPS … Continue reading Is it safe to use a laptop on a public WiFi with VPN? [duplicate]