PeterLiljedahl
Occasional Visitor
Hello forum.
Does anybody know if PMF is a concern in general since most devices does not seem to work with it?.
Of the somewhat newer devices in my household, my old HP Probook 5330m with an
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 wifi adapter seemed to support it, but another equally old HP laptop
8530w with an intel 5300 agn wifi adapter didnt support it - strange really.
I am not sure when PMF was introduced but given how old my laptop is, it has to be 10 years ago.
Wikipedia states that: It uses the existing security mechanisms rather than creating new security scheme or new management frame format.
This must mean its fairly simple to implement on devices missing it.
Why has manufacturers omitted this function throughout the years given the various exploits that exists such as rouge APs?.
Thanks.
Does anybody know if PMF is a concern in general since most devices does not seem to work with it?.
Of the somewhat newer devices in my household, my old HP Probook 5330m with an
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 wifi adapter seemed to support it, but another equally old HP laptop
8530w with an intel 5300 agn wifi adapter didnt support it - strange really.
I am not sure when PMF was introduced but given how old my laptop is, it has to be 10 years ago.
Wikipedia states that: It uses the existing security mechanisms rather than creating new security scheme or new management frame format.
This must mean its fairly simple to implement on devices missing it.
Why has manufacturers omitted this function throughout the years given the various exploits that exists such as rouge APs?.
Thanks.