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TekMollast Thursday at 11:00 AM2 repliesview on HN

My question was about known networks.

As far as I know, access points only identify via their SSID. Which is a string like "Starbucks". So there is no way to tell if it is the real Starbucks WiFi or a hotspot some dude started on their laptop.


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BSDobelixlast Thursday at 11:02 AM

>So there is no way to tell if it is the real Starbucks WiFi or a hotspot some dude started on their laptop.

Aka "unknown" or "public" Network....don't do that.

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evandrofisicolast Thursday at 11:20 AM

WPA2-entreprise and WPA3 both have certificate chains checking exactly to avoid such attacks

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