Naim devices affected by Wifi security krack attack?

Posted by: Silence Kills on 16 October 2017

I just read about it at Arstechnica:

Quote: "A paper by two Belgian researchers has cast more light on the vulnerabilities discovered in the Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) implementations on most, if not all, wireless networking devices that use the protocol ..."

https://arstechnica.com/inform...-all-wi-fi-security/

Are Naim devices at risk, too, when using Wifi?

Posted on: 17 October 2017 by David Hendon

I think they are, but so what? The attacker can presumably breach your wifi security on any terminal (some are easier than others). The Naim kit isn't going to be worse than average I think and there is no sensitive data involved in the transmission of music over the network, although I suppose that your Tidal password may be breached or your passion for obscure Scandinavian nose flute music might be revealed to an agog world!

Seriously though, perhaps this is just another reason not to use wifi to connect your streamer to your music source!

best

David

Posted on: 17 October 2017 by robgr

A (relatively) calming statement from the Register:  https://www.theregister.co.uk/.../17/kracken_patches/

Posted on: 17 October 2017 by David Hendon

And I see that the fourth beta of IOS 11.1 which sorts the exploit for iPhones and iPads has just been released.

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David