ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:13 pm #64532 How is the wifi SSID password passed when an ESP8266 reconnects to the AP? Is it cleartext allowing a wifi sniffer to easily snag the SSID password?

Thanks!

- Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:15 am #64538 Can you check it with your wifi sniffer and tell us here if it's clear text or not?

- Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:00 pm #64641 Forgot about the wpa2 security 4-way challenge response, so no clear text. (this explains the concern being on cleartext storage in ESP8266 flash device).
Overview on protocol below:
https://www.slideshare.net/ENGMSHARI/wpa2