[ale] Recommendations for USB WiFi adapter?

Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet.org
Sat Feb 1 13:00:19 EST 2025


On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 10:08:03AM -0500, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> And terrible security. If a network still supports 802.11g or 802.11n, 
> I'd be worried to even use it.  I suppose a current VPN could mitigate 
> the risks.

Keep in mind that the OTA encryption/authentication regime is 
independent of the data rates or PHY involved...

Just like 1st-gen 802.11-1999 devices could be used with WPA2, nothing 
prevents the use of those same devices with modern WPA3.

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy			      pizza at shaftnet dot org (email&xmpp)
                                      @pizza:shaftnet dot org   (matrix)
Dowling Park, FL                      speachy (libera.chat)
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