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Enabling WPA3 on a client
I have a WPA3 enabled router (in WPA2/WPA3 personal mode).
My NIC supports WPA3 but I cant seem to enable or force it to use it.
I have checked google for quite a while, perhaps my terminology is ...
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What is the low level process of browser-based sign in WIFI protected access?
In order to protected WIFI not being connected by everybody. There is always a WIFI protected access mechanism.
Unlike WPA-PSK or WPA-Enterprise, there is another kind of authentication mechanism ...
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Is using an open public wifi network more insecure than using a password protected public wifi network?
I'm at a coffee shop and it is offering Google wifi for free. It does not have a password to authenticate. Is this network insecure?
More technically, does a wifi network with WPA/WPA2 password ...
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Does increasing the complexity of a PSK passphrase mitigate the risks of WPA-TKIP?
I'm responsible for configuring a small business network (50-60 devices) and we have some ancient devices that must connect wirelessly to the network. Our regular wireless accepts AES WPA and WPA2 ...
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Pyrit - can you set order passwords are checked?
Lets say I have captured some handshakes and other data from a WPA network and would like to crack it using Pyrit. I have a database of around 800 million passwords, but having Pyrit check through all ...
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How do I protect against WPA de-authentication attacks?
Someone is constantly sending deauth packets to me.... =(
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If I have WPA encryption on my WiFi network but don't change the default admin username/password to the router, can someone gain access to my network?
I've set up WPA encryption on my WiFi network with a passphrase. This passphrase is visible in plain text when I connect to my router at http://192.168.1.1. But if someone doesn't know this passphrase,...
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Can other people on an encrypted Wi-Fi AP see what you're doing?
If you connect to an open, unencrypted Wi-Fi access point, everything you do can be captured by other people within range.
If you connect to an encrypted point, then people nearby can intercept what ...
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How secure is it to use a password hash of a common English word as a WPA2 key?
I have a wireless router, and I want a difficult password that is still, in a way, easy to remember.
I came up with this idea to take the MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or whatever hash of a common English ...
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How Wifis and wifi security work?
I see tons of videos dealing with WEP cracking, but actaully none of them teach about how Wifis work. They are just a bunch of commands thrown at the screen. Where can I learn about the inner ...
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