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SY0-301 · Question #718

Which of the following wireless protocols could be vulnerable to a brute-force password attack? (Select TWO).

The correct answer is A. WPA2-PSK E. WPA - LEAP. WPA2-PSK and WPA-LEAP are both vulnerable to brute-force or dictionary attacks because they rely on shared secrets or weak challenge-response authentication that can be attacked offline.

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Question

Which of the following wireless protocols could be vulnerable to a brute-force password attack? (Select TWO).

Options

  • AWPA2-PSK
  • BWPA - EAP - TLS
  • CWPA2-CCMP
  • DWPA -CCMP
  • EWPA - LEAP
  • FWEP

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • A
    71% (17)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    13% (3)
  • D
    4% (1)
  • F
    8% (2)

Why each option

WPA2-PSK and WPA-LEAP are both vulnerable to brute-force or dictionary attacks because they rely on shared secrets or weak challenge-response authentication that can be attacked offline.

AWPA2-PSKCorrect

WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) is vulnerable to offline brute-force and dictionary attacks because the 4-way handshake can be captured and the passphrase guessed repeatedly without interacting with the network.

BWPA - EAP - TLS

WPA-EAP-TLS uses mutual certificate-based authentication - there is no shared password to brute-force, making offline password attacks infeasible.

CWPA2-CCMP

WPA2-CCMP refers to the AES-based encryption cipher used in WPA2 and is not itself an authentication mechanism susceptible to brute-force password attacks.

DWPA -CCMP

WPA-CCMP similarly describes the encryption component of WPA and does not define an authentication method that is brute-forceable via password guessing.

EWPA - LEAPCorrect

WPA-LEAP (Cisco LEAP) uses MS-CHAPv2-based authentication which is known to be weak and vulnerable to offline dictionary and brute-force attacks, as exploited by tools like ASLEAP.

FWEP

WEP is broken through IV (initialization vector) statistical attacks that recover the key by capturing enough packets, not through a direct brute-force password attack.

Concept tested: Wireless authentication protocols vulnerable to brute-force

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/what-is-network-access-control.html

Topics

#wireless security#WPA2-PSK#LEAP#brute-force attack

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