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WPA2 KRACK attack smacks Wi-Fi security: Fundamental crypto crapto

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Re: Mitigation

The attack is against the client, not so much the access point. It tricks the client into talking to a fake access point using a replay of a genuine exchange. So it needs to happen within range of home or work or wherever.

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