WPA in 4.3 with ATH?

['Peter Hessler']

I've been using a ssh SOCKs tunel for some time.  'ssh -Dlocalhost:1080 <remote>'
then configure pidgin and firefox to use it as their SOCKS proxy.


On 2008 Oct 09 (Thu) at 16:45:35 -0500 (-0500), Justin Krejci wrote:
:I second both suggestions.
:
:Another possibility is the openssh based VPN. I have always had interest in
:trying this technique but have never gotten around to it. Has anyone used
:this before?
:
:Looks like full VPN capabilities were added to openssh in version 4.3
:according to
:http://www.openssh.com/txt/release-4.3
:
:
:-----Original Message-----
:From: openbsd-newbies-bounces at sfobug.org
:[mailto:openbsd-newbies-bounces at sfobug.org] On Behalf Of Peter Hessler
:Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:26 PM
:To: Carlos Lugo
:Cc: openbsd-newbies at sfobug.org
:Subject: Re: WPA in 4.3 with ATH?
:
:you could upgrade to 4.4 ( or a -current snapshot), or use ipsec.
:that'll keep you even more secure :)
:
:
:On 2008 Oct 09 (Thu) at 14:29:56 -0400 (-0400), Carlos Lugo wrote:
::Hello.
::I'm aware that WPA/2 support will be introduced to OpenBSD in the 4.4
::release (a few weeks away?), but i'm curious as to whether or not support
::can be obtained while using 4.3.
::I currently have an OpenBSD 4.3 system built as a fw/gw between my modem
:and
::switch.  Without going into too much detail, i'd like to move it and its
::messy cables from my living room to office using a D-LINK DWL-G520 B3 (ATH)
::wireless adapter to a WPA enabled access point (which would subsequently be
::connected to my modem).
::Until WPA is possible, this simply isn't an option (i live in a pretty
:large
::building in a metro city; i simply can't trust my internet connection to
::WEP).
::If WPA support isn't available until 4.4, is there any genuinely secure
::alternative to WEP/an open connection?
::
::Thanks
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