krack hack patch

Please, people, educate yourselves. The hack is limited to clients and has to do with the WPA2 4 handshake protocol. The hack is made possible by the CLIENT’s response to the fourth handshake, not the authenticator (router). The flaw has been around since day 1 of the WPA2 implementation. It’s a flaw in how the protocol was implemented. This is NOT an Apple only issue. Any device that uses WPA2 is affected. The router is not the base cause and cannot be hacked unless it acting as a client to another router, something almost no home network does. If you want to educate yourself and find out what’s really going on trying watching this video. It’s about twenty minutes long and will tell you everything you want to know about KRACK in great detail. Apple Wi-Fi clients have all been patched in current beta releases. No need to panic or be paranoid.

https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/633?autostart=false

Fast forward to the 1:32:08 point and listen.

And finally, Apple has NOT stopped support of its networking products. It was a rumor based on another rumor that claimed Apple was reassigning engineers from its networking products team to other projects. RUMOR only, no verification and no confirmation from Apple. Apple networking products are supported and available at Apple stores, online, and at resellers like Best Buy and Amazon. Like the Mac Mini, the Airport and Time Capsule haven’t seen hardware updates in a few years. That does not mean they are no longer supported so STOP with the babbling nonsense.