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Mitigating WiFi deauth attacks with Ubiquiti Protected Management Frames (2022)


Steve Endow is a Microsoft MVP who shares information about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Azure, .NET, SQL Server, and Power Platform

There are even dedicated devices, smaller than a pack of gum, that can be left somewhere with a USB battery bank to perform the attack for days without any human intervention. My understanding is that it implements RFC 4493, which is AES "cipher based message authentication code", or CMAC, on the WiFi management frames. An attacker can still attempt to send deauth codes to the devices on the WiFi network, but since they won't have a valid CMAC, they can easily be ignored.

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