Re: Wireless Security

[steve menard <nospam () dranem org>]

UMM
I would have used wireshark
it would see it as if it was ethernet
It also worked at a hotel I was wiring up
there was a conference of educators at the same time
I could see the data they were trafficking in ;-0
since they were not using VPN nor https

wireshark didn;t care which eth device I was using
I will admit some of thewireless cards I used would not go into passive mode
;-(  I didn't keep track of that though

Steve




richmh58 () optonline net wrote:
> are there freeware wireless packet capture tools? wireshark doesn't do 
> it as far as I know.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: steve menard 
> Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 8:37 pm
> Subject: Re: Wireless Security
> To: Security Basics
> Cc: Yousef Syed 
>
> > Do you have a machine outside you could setup a ssh tunnel to?
> >
> > NO? then anyone watching the wireless stream WILL see ALL Traffic
> > ;-(
> >
> > I went to a mall with a restaurant serving non encrypted wireless
> > using a ethernet snoop I saw every non encrypted traffic
> > everyone was
> > using in almost clear text ;
> > well clear protocol ; totally easy to trace and decode ;-P
> >
> > except for their encrypted sessions ; I saw the traffic but they
> > were
> > encrypted
> > I would have needed to do extra to get them ;-)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > Yousef Syed wrote:
> > > I need some advice.
> > > I'm currently staying in an apartment complex that provides free
> > > wireless Internet access.
> > > The access has zero crypto - not even WEP.
> > >
> > > What can I do on my own Laptops (Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro)
> > to make
> > > my browsing/internet usage more secure? I also want to ensure
> > that no
> > > one else on the network is entering my systems.
> > >
> > > The Windows Laptop already has Kaspersky Internet Security and
> > various> spyware/adware checkers etc
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > ys
> > >
> > >
> >