@article {12088, title = {The dangers of mitigating security design flaws: a wireless case study}, journal = {IEEE Security \& Privacy}, volume = {1}, year = {2003}, month = {2003/02//Jan}, pages = {28 - 36}, abstract = {Mitigating design flaws often provides the only means to protect legacy equipment, particularly in wireless local area networks. A synchronous active attack against the wired equivalent privacy protocol demonstrates how mitigating one flaw or attack can facilitate another.}, keywords = {Communication system security, computer security, cryptography, design flaw mitigation, Dictionaries, legacy equipment, privacy, Protection, Protocols, security design flaws, security of data, synchronous active attack, telecommunication security, Telecommunication traffic, wired equivalent privacy protocol, Wireless LAN, wireless local area networks, Wireless networks}, isbn = {1540-7993}, doi = {10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176993}, author = {Petroni,N. L. and Arbaugh, William A.} }