[QCLUG] wpa_supplicant

[Mark Overholser Jr]

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Is WPA really that unsecure?

On 7/19/07, Luke <atters@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> Hola,
> I've used WPA_supplicant for a while now on my HP DV8315nr laptop.
> Software works great as long as your card is among the list of supported
> ones.  In my case, I had to use NDISWrapper in combination with
> supplicant in order for the card to work properly under Slackware 11.
> Once the driver had been loaded and wlan0 was properly identified, I was
> able to use WEP and WPA, but not WPA2.  To make up for the lousy
> security of WPA and WEP, I'd suggest that you use MAC address filters on
> the router/gateway to prevent anyone with enough skill to get your
> passphrase from having a REALLY easy in for your network.
>
> Best of luck,
> Luke
>
> Mark Overholser Jr wrote:
> > I like the command line, for some sadistic reason. However, I have
> > resolved the issue that I was having (of course with a bit more
> googling).
> >
> > On 7/18/07, *Chris Jones * <exspecto@gmail.com
> > <mailto:exspecto@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     If you'd rather have a nice gui frontend to it, use
> "NetworkManager".
> >     There's a kde and gnome specific version.
> >
> >     On 7/18/07, Mark Overholser Jr <omnipotent13@gmail.com
> >     <mailto:omnipotent13@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >     > I am trying to use wpa_supplicant to get my laptops to connect
> >     to a home
> >     > wireless network. Does anyone have experience using
> wpa_supplicant?
> >     >
> >     > Mark
> >     >
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