Anticipating WPS PIN Vulnerability to Secure Wireless Network
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21512/comtech.v4i2.2554Keywords:
wireless network, wifi protected setup, quick security setupAbstract
WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standardized function supported by numerous vendors of wireless routers and access point to help set up connection to a wireless local area network. It is designed to simplify the set up and generally enabled by default. Due to design flaw, the WPS or QSS PIN is susceptible to a brute force
attack. In this paper, we test the security vulnerability occurred, evaluate the performance and give recommendations to anticipate the attack.
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