Reply to post: Re: Summary

Release the KRACKen patches: The good, the bad, and the ugly on this WPA2 Wi-Fi drama

hammarbtyp

Re: Summary

Well...

1. It is only a local attack. i.e. someone has to within range of your wifi. This is is a lot more effort than a remote attack

2. A lot of your devices may already of been updated

3. Routers are only affected if they are being used to bridge to other routers

4. The attack is a proof of concept, and in the wild is harder to pull off

5. If you send your traffic via VPN or HTTPS, it greatly reduces your risk

6. Considering the effort required, do you really think your traffic is worth the cost and trouble? If yes then it is likely this attack is the least of your problems

To summarise. Keep calm and carry on

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