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Wi-Fi Security Updates with Hendrik Lüth

In this episode, we are interviewing Hendrik Lüth on the state of Wi-Fi security today. Hendrik works as a System Engineer for CANCOM in Germany. You can follow him on Twitter @DO9XE and on Linkedin. You can also visit and read his blog at https://linux-nerds.de/.

Agenda

  • Start conversation with the “2018” status of WiFi security
    • WPA2 is widely supported
    • WPA2-Enterprise too complicated for home/guest solutions
    • Headless IoT devices only support PSK, because of hardware limitations
  • MPSK/PPSK/DynPSK
    • Short Recap on 4-way handshake
      • We just need to mention that there is Nonce and a MIC, that’s all 🙂
    • Explanation of how it works and why it’s different with every vendor
    • PPSK from aerohive
      • Use Nonce, MIC and MAC and a list of known keys to find a matching key
      • More information needed, hard to find technical details
    • DynPSK from rukkus
      • One key per MAC, auto detection possible
      • Autodetection probably like aerohive
      • Internal database of the Zone-director
    • MPSK (Multiple PSK) from Aruba
      • Based on a mac-authentication
      • Requires ClearPass Policy Manager
    • Identity PSK from Cisco
  • WPA3
    • WPA3-SAE
      • Dragonfly handshake
    • WPA3-Enterprise 192-bit Mode
      • CNSA Suite B
      • Stronger crypto
  • Enhance Open
    • RFC8110
    • Transition mode
  • Plan from Aruba to bring MPSK with WPA3-SAE into the IEEE Standard
  • Dragonblood Attack by Mathy Vanhoef

Resources

Wireless Network Engineer and Owner at SemFio Networks. CWNE #180. Living in London ON Canada, born and raised in Dijon, France.

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