Now, this limitation has been broken using mitm + a new algorithm to apply the technique.
Their findings can be downloaded from http://jwis2009.nsysu.edu.tw/location/paper/A%20Practical%20Message%20Falsification%20Attack%20on%20WPA.pdf
I guess it’s time to migrate to WPA2 (which has been supported on wi fi devices since 2006) AND never consider any wireless network as trusted… I always recommend using VPN on top of wireless networks, just to be safe & sure 🙂
Other links :
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=7962
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7027&rss
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