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Re: Team 548 Einstein Statement

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
An 802.11 protocol change that encrypts "management packets" could probably prevent deauthorization flood attacks from succeeding. It would also break a lot of things in the process.
I think that breaking things could be acceptable for use in FRC if the need is strong enough. As long as only firmware is changing, and not hardware, the cost of deployment would not be as great as an entirely custom solution.

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Did you read the Einstein investigation report through to the end? The last two pages are all about planned possible changes, with a half dozen of them as specific solutions to observed problems.
I did read the report I was referring more to the various threads on CD that have been started about the topic.

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