AirPort BlogNews and tips related to the Apple AirPort networking system and other wireless uses of the Mac OS.Apple Adds EAP-FAST Support- September 30, 2006 If you don't know what EAP-FAST is, you don't need it. Apple's Mac OS X 10.4.8 update includes new support for a Cisco-exclusive method of logging into a wireless local area network. EAP-FAST (Extensible Authentication Protocol-Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling) is a replacement for Cisco's LEAP (Lightweight EAP), which is still in use despite extensive documentation of its cryptographic weakness, including exploit software to extract passwords from transmitted data. EAP methods...http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/archives/2006/09/apple_adds_eapf.html AirPort Security Updates- September 30, 2006 Long period of quiet on this blog, I know. The news tends to come in bunches, doesn't it The big news of the last few months has been the alleged security flaws uncovered by two researchers that would allow a network cracker to access a system running Mac OS X (along with some Wi-Fi adapters not yet identified used with Windows) by sending particular sets of data that would cause the AirPort driver to either crash the Mac, run some code it was sent, or allow a cracker access at a level that...http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/archives/2006/09/airport_securit.html |