%0 Journal Article %J IEEE Security & Privacy %D 2003 %T The dangers of mitigating security design flaws: a wireless case study %A Petroni,N. L. %A Arbaugh, William A. %K Communication system security %K computer security %K cryptography %K design flaw mitigation %K Dictionaries %K legacy equipment %K privacy %K Protection %K Protocols %K security design flaws %K security of data %K synchronous active attack %K telecommunication security %K Telecommunication traffic %K wired equivalent privacy protocol %K Wireless LAN %K wireless local area networks %K Wireless networks %X 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. %B IEEE Security & Privacy %V 1 %P 28 - 36 %8 2003/02//Jan %@ 1540-7993 %G eng %N 1 %R 10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176993