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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] WPA decryption failing

From: "Bob Carlson" <bob.carlson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 08:16:05 -0700
Thanks for the pointer to that article. However, it did not add anything
new to what I know. My setup is consistent with what is shown in the
article. 

Cheers, Bob
Eugene OR - Tucson AZ

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wireshark-users-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Soh Kam Yung
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 6:15 PM
> To: Community support list for Wireshark
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] WPA decryption failing
> 
> On 5/22/07, Bob Carlson <rjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have version 0.99.5 with AirPcap 2.0. The WPA and WPA2 PSK decryption
> > does not seem to work. I have checked and double checked that the keys
> are
> > correct. I have tried with and without the SSIDs entered. The
> passphrases
> > have been entered into the Decryption Keys dialog as WPA-PWD. I have
> > captured the complete association and EAPOL key exchange. The Enable
> > Decryption box is checked under IEEE 802.11. There are 2 SSIDs and 2
> > passphrases. 2 clients connect to each SSID. There is no indication of
> any
> > error, the packets are just not decrypted.
> >
> > Am I missing something? Does this feature not work yet?
> >
> > Cheers, Bob
> >
> 
> Decrypting the WPA pairwise keys should work in that version of
Wireshark.
> 
> Take a look at
> (http://wiki.wireshark.org/HowToDecrypt802.11?highlight=%28CategoryHowTo%
> 29)
> and try to decrypt the sample capture provided on that page.  You can
> also compare the setup against yours to see what might be causing the
> problem on your end.
> 
> Regards,
> Kam-Yung
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