Wireless

A list of pages on Wireless is over at the Category:Wireless page.

WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption all encrypt network traffic. What that means is, if you have the WEP, WPA, or WPA2 passphrase, you can be on that network, and you can see all of the network traffic on that network.

HTTPS encrypts HTTP traffic. It encrypts HTTP traffic from one server to one client. The intention of HTTPS is to provide an additional layer of security on top of the Wi-Fi password. Even if someone can see all of the network traffic on the network, HTTPS network traffic will still be encrypted.

A Man in the Middle attack tries to break this client-to-server encryption by getting in between the client and the server. That way, when the client attempts to authenticate with a third party, they are actually authenticating with the attacker in the middle, allowing the attacker to strip the layer of encryption provided by HTTPS.