WEP encryption for Wi-Fi hacked in 3 seconds: German researchers
The data encryption protocol in wireless networks Wi-Fi, WEP (“equivalent to wired privacy”), can be hacked in 3 seconds, according to three researchers from the University of Dotrmund, Germany. Demonstration of this process will take place at the weekend at a security conference in Hamburg.
The protocol is based on the RC4 encryption algorithm; Back in 2001, mathematicians said that it was theoretically unreliable, but for its opening it is necessary to send about 4 million packets. Later, new holes were found in the algorithm, which reduced the time for hacking into the search for a key - up to several hours. But the WEP algorithm remained robust in practice, since the keys changed every 5 minutes.
German researchers managed to extract a 104-bit WEP key in 3 seconds by intercepting wireless packets within a few minutes. This process can be repeated on any modern laptop: the experiment was carried out on a machine with a 1.7 GHz Pentium M processor. Moreover, hacking is also possible from less powerful handheld computers or smartphones, says one of the project participants, Eric Tews.
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WEP was positioned as the “equivalent of wired network security,” where traffic between nodes cannot be intercepted.
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The protocol is based on the RC4 encryption algorithm; Back in 2001, mathematicians said that it was theoretically unreliable, but for its opening it is necessary to send about 4 million packets. Later, new holes were found in the algorithm, which reduced the time for hacking into the search for a key - up to several hours. But the WEP algorithm remained robust in practice, since the keys changed every 5 minutes.
German researchers managed to extract a 104-bit WEP key in 3 seconds by intercepting wireless packets within a few minutes. This process can be repeated on any modern laptop: the experiment was carried out on a machine with a 1.7 GHz Pentium M processor. Moreover, hacking is also possible from less powerful handheld computers or smartphones, says one of the project participants, Eric Tews.
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WEP was positioned as the “equivalent of wired network security,” where traffic between nodes cannot be intercepted.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/6300/
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