[QCLUG] Recent article on Slashdot and VPN setup

[Arron Lorenz]

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I also should mention that in Soviet Russia you don't crack WPA, WPA CRACKS
YOU!!

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Arron Lorenz <arronlorenz@gmail.com>wrote:

> I read the article you mentioned and the method for cracking is still the
> same method they just figured out that if you use hundreds/thousands of
> networked pc's that it goes faster.
> From the article:
>
> "The 100-fold increase in speed is achieved with two GeForce GTX280's per
> workstation"
>
> Now that is two (2) Nvidia GTX 280's per workstation. They also said you
> would need 20 of these workstations.
>
> They also mentioned in the article that:
> "This will, of course, mainly affect simple ascii keys. And it will only
> work against static keys; anyone using more complicated authentication
> schemes will not be at risk for now. But since that takes a couple of extra
> minutes when installing, smaller businesses or departments often skip
> setting this up."
>
> I hope that no one is using simple keys for their passwords. "abcd1234"
> will be cracked quickly whereas "a^b#c$d*1.2,3?4" will take a lot longer.
>
> original article:
> http://securityandthe.net/2008/10/12/russian-researchers-achieve-100-fold-increase-in-wpa2-cracking-speed/
>
> So I would say make sure your WPA keys are updated to a good password. Make
> sure that you change it regularly (The Ron Popeil "Set it and forget it"
> method of security is not good). Also don't put important financial data
> over wireless. I also would make sure to not piss off anyone with $20,000 in
> top of the line nvidia graphics cards.
>
> Thanks,
> Arron
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Mark Riedesel <mriedesel@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Those ingenious Russians. I plan to be there!
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:18 AM, agamotto <agamotto@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>        I read last night that apparently gfx cards can now be used to
>>> hack WEP and WPA networks with relative ease.  Anyone coming to the meeting
>>> tomorrow care to discuss setting up a VPN with the usual DSL or Cable
>>> router/modem setup?  I am a bit confused as to where the VPN sits in terms
>>> of setup.
>>>
>>>        I figured this might be a good discussion topic!
>>>
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>
>
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> Arron James Lorenz
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